| From usatoday.com: Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years amid high-anxiety over gasoline prices. Obama's proposal includes two reversals of positions he has taken in the past: He had fought the idea of limited new offshore drilling and was against tapping the nation's emergency oil stockpile to relieve gasoline prices that have stubbornly hovered around $4 a gallon.
On Monday, Obama pushed for drawing from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and reiterated an offshore drilling position he first revealed Friday: He could live with it if it is done in an environmentally sound way and as part of comprehensive, bipartisan legislation on energy.
In a speech in Michigan, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also endorsed long-term work on hybrid cars and renewable energy sources...... Full Article: Source |