As the Mildde East goes through some serious growing and realignment pains, I think it is a good time to get serious about energy independence.  Evidently, not everyone agrees.

Yesterday Hot Air posted an article about a movie called “Gasland.”  The movie is directed by Josh Fox and is designed to make sure no one is endangered by America’s development of its natural gas resources. 

The author of the article describes the movie as “nine parts fantasy with a few sprinkles of propaganda on top.”  The author then describes the measures energy companies take to ensure that their drilling procedures are safe for people and for the environment.  Please read the article–you will be impressed by what is being done by the energy companies to protect the environment.

America is economically carbon-based.  As our allies in the Middle East may not be our allies in the future, it would be a good idea to develop fully our own carbon-based energy resources.  Energy independence is a necessary part of prosperity in our current world economy.