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MYTH #1: Nuclear Power, Wind, and Solar (even though good sources of energy) will reduce America’s oil and energy dependencies FACT...
MYTH #2: The solution is “drill, baby, drill” FACT...
MYTH #3: Our problem is consumption of foreign oil; not all oil FACT...
MYTH #4: When we buy oil, the money comes back here anyway FACT…
MYTH #5: How unlucky we are that oil just happens to sit under repressive, regressive regimes FACT…
MYTH #6: Renewable energy cannot solve job loss FACT…
MYTH #7: The transportation sector is not the main cause of our dependence on oil FACT…
MYTH #8: Our only alternative is electric vehicles FACT...
MYTH #10: No country is attempting a 100% electric-powered infrastructure FACT…
MYTH #11: The problem is “Big Oil” FACT...
MYTH #12: Free markets can solve this problem or the government can solve this problem; not both FACT…
MYTH #13: The government should never require the car makers to run on Flex Fuel FACT…
MYTH #14: America’s economic and international might is invincible FACT…
MYTH #15: It is the speculator’s fault FACT...
MYTH #18: We are in recessionary times and demand for oil will stay at this level or fall FACT…
MYTH #19: Gasoline is cheaper than Alternatives FACT…
MYTH #20: All bio-fuels are ethanol FACT…
MYTH #21: America can’t manufacture anything anymore FACT…
MYTH #22: The way to fight terrorists is with just military might FACT…
MYTH #23: There are no alternative energy cars that can solve our issues FACT…
MYTH #24: Brazil is not really energy independent FACT…
MYTH #25: This alternative energy stuff is all just “pi-in-the-sky” FACT…
MYTH #26: There is no concerted effort in America to push for energy independence FACT…
MYTH #27: The U.S. demand for oil does not exceed the U.S. domestic production FACT… MYTH #28: The impact of oil on the environment cannot be quantified FACT... MYTH #29: ANWR is no use to us FACT... MYTH #30: T. Boone Pickens is right: Natural Gas is the answer FACT… MYTH #31: Extracting oil is not the problem— as long as we find it, it’s reachable now FACT... |