Government is the culprit as government has created an investment environment where oil companies can’t acquire business loans to increase drilling. Less oil means higher prices, on everything. Couple this with inflation, and your available cash evaporates.

Green energy and traditional energy resources have room to complement each other without polluting the world. There is a realistic understanding of what each sector can contribute, and a system to implement the best part of each. 

Managing these systems efficiently will reduce pollutants and enable our economic systems to thrive. 

Last, American international policy and trade needs to begin to focus on our Earth neighbors cleaning up their own territory. The US can’t be one of the few nations in the world committed to good earth stewardship. Our country can’t be the only one to bear the brunt of others environmental misdeeds.