Where Do Candidates Stand on Energy? There Is No Issue More Important to Us All. - Watts Up With That?

No single entity impacts almost everything in American life as does the availability, reliability and cost of energy. - Gary Abernathy

Consider the following:

• How much money we can spend on groceries, clothing or school supplies for our children is dependent on how much we must first spend on illuminating, heating and cooling our homes...
• The cost of gasoline and diesel determines whether we can afford to travel to work, allow our children to participate in extracurricular school activities, or take a vacation...
• The cost of virtually everything that is manufactured is largely driven by the energy required in the transportation and manufacturing process...
• Inflation – the increased cost of goods and services – is determined more than anything by energy costs, the foundation of the economy...
• Energy is a national security issue...