Truth Behind Our Energy Crisis?

President Obama said in THIS ARTICLE that he does not believe there is an energy crisis. But because he doesn't think so, does that mean it is true? Currently the national average for gasoline is $3.84 a gallon. This morning on my way to school a gallon of gas cost $4.29. It is hard to believe that there is no energy crisis when I have to pay this much at the pump, and a year ago I was paying around $2.85 to $3 a gallon. "The president laid out his own plan for controlling prices, which focus on ending price gouging but also call for an end to the $4 billion in federal subsidies for oil and gas firms. He said there are some steps the U.S. can take to improve the situation such as ramping up domestic oil production and ending subsidies for oil and gas firms."  Obama wants to stray away from gas and move in a better direction. “Instead of subsidizing yesterday’s energy sources, we need to invest in tomorrow’s”. I could not agree with him more. Not only would investing in greener forms of energy be cleaner for the environment, but it would also create more jobs for Americans. If we can start to gear our focus towards trying to develop alternate energy sources, we will be able to create jobs for people who want to help do this. We would need people to research and figure out how to make it work and then others to use it in things such as construction of greener buildings and work for supplying cleaner energy to our communities. The creation of these jobs would help stimulate our economy and would help pull us our country out of the recession we are in and go back to a more productive and easier way of life in America.