Bennett’s “NO Energy” policy would leave us running on empty

Recent news reports are saying that we could be paying $7 per gallon of gasoline by year’s end.  Congressional candidate Siobhan Bennett doesn’t have the slightest idea how to stop that nightmare from becoming a reality for people in the Lehigh Valley and across America.

The “NO Energy” policy she supports on her webpage focuses solely on alternative and renewable energy.  Of course, everyone supports alternative and renewable energy sources.  However, Bennett failed to do her homework. These sources make up a very small portion of the energy currently being used by Americans.

Bennett flunks the reality test.  She fails to even mention the need for increased oil and natural gas production, clean coal technology and nuclear energy.  Bennett doesn’t grasp the significant positive economic impact that developing clean coal technology would represent to the state.

Only an extreme ideologue like Sam Bennett would refuse to advocate a balanced approach towards meeting our energy needs.

“The truth is Sam Bennett has no plan to address our energy needs,” said Dent’s campaign manger, Shawn Millan.  “The people who have been hurt by rising gas prices will take a pass on ‘Seven Dollar a Gallon Sam’,” added Millan.

Representative Dent has a broad-reaching, realistic plan that can be found at his website:  www.dentforcongress.com.  Dent’s G.R.O.W. plan balances the need for and desirability of alternative and renewable energy sources with the practical realization that we need to increase domestic production in environmentally sensitive ways both offshore and onshore (including Alaska and elsewhere).

Further, Representative Dent’s record shows his strong support for conservation. He has voted to increase the energy efficiency of our appliances and the gas mileage of our vehicles.  The ultimate goal of Represent Dent’s G.R.O.W. plan is to lessen America’s dependence on energy from trouble spots around the World.