Oil Price Emphasis – Home With oil [at/having hit/nearing] a $100-a-barrel milestone, gas prices steadily increasing, and home heating oil prices skyrocketing as winter approaches, energy costs will strain consumers’ wallets this season. This Thanksgiving Congress needs to give us an energy bill we can all be thankful for. The House and the Senate passed their own energy bills this summer, and a combination of the best parts of each bill would represent serious forward progress toward clean, smart energy. The Renewable Electricity Standard passed by the House represents an achievable compromise that would require 15 percent of our electricity to come from renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass by the year 2020. It will save consumers up to $18 billion on their energy bills by 2020. The final energy bill should include the Renewable Electricity Standard and the increase in fuel economy to standards of 35 miles per gallon from the Senate bill. All the pieces are there, now Congress just needs to flip the switch on America's new energy future before it heads home for the year.
With oil [at/having hit/nearing] a $100-a-barrel milestone and gas prices steadily increasing, this Thanksgiving Congress needs to give us an energy bill we can all be thankful for. The House and the Senate passed their own energy bills this summer, and a combination of the best parts of each bill would represent serious forward progress toward clean, smart energy. The Senate bill’s increase in fuel economy to standards of 35 miles per gallon would save consumers nearly $25 billion at the pump in 2020, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. The fuel economy increase would also save 1.2 billions of oil each day, contributing to the America’s energy independence. The final energy bill should include the Senate’s fuel economy standard and the Renewable Electricity Standard passed by the House, which represents an achievable compromise that would require 15 percent of our electricity to come from renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass by the year 2020. All the pieces are there, now Congress just needs to flip the switch on America's new energy future before it heads home for the year.
To the Editor: Oil is [at/has hit/nearing] $100 a barrel – a milestone previously thought impossible – and gas prices are climbing over $3 again. Now's the time for Congress to give us an energy bill we can all be thankful for. Between an increase in fuel economy from the Senate and the requirement for more renewable energy passed by the House, Congress has all the pieces ready to bring us a new clean energy future. If Congress flips the switch on our new energy future by passing a bill including both those things, they can save hard-working Americans billions of dollars. The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that the fuel economy provision would save us $25 billion at the pump and that using more renewable energy will save us up to $18 billion on our energy bills at home by the year 2020. All the pieces are there, now Congress just needs to flip the switch on America's new energy future before it heads home for the year.
To the Editor: America will get a great economic gift this season if Congress gives us an energy bill we can all be thankful for before it heads home for the holidays. The House and the Senate passed their own energy bills this summer, and a combination of the best parts of each bill will help grow the economy and create tens of thousands of new jobs. The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that the increase in fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon passed by the Senate will create more than 170,000 American jobs, with more than 22,000 jobs in the auto industry. This will not only help Detroit and the economy as a whole, but it will help consumers by saving us $25 billion at the pump, according to UCS estimates. The House passed a requirement that we get 15 percent of our electricity from renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass by 2020. UCS estimates that this too will create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs in fields like wind energy and solar manufacturing and installation, not to mention that it will save us up to $18 billions on our home energy bills. All the pieces are there, Congress just needs to flip the new switch on a cleaner, stronger economy and a brighter energy future by passing a final bill with these two important provisions.
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