OH-16: John Boccieri on Gas Prices and Energy

Controlling Energy Costs, Creating Jobs, Protecting our Environment

In July, John spoke about high gas prices and his energy solutions at a Canton gas station. Watch the video below:



Since 2001, the price of gas in Ohio has doubled while progress toward energy independence has stalled in Washington.

Oil companies have received billions in tax giveaways and quadrupled their profits under George W. Bush, but they've barely begun to drill for oil on 68 million acres of U.S. land that they already own. Today, Americans are just as dependent on foreign dictators and rogue regimes for our energy as we were seven years ago.

John believes that America's energy should come from Midwest innovation, not Middle East oil. In the same 10-15 years it would take to develop new sources of oil, we could invest in cutting-edge technologies and businesses right here in Ohio's 16th District that will lead to home-grown, affordable, renewable energy while creating high-paying local jobs and turning around our economy.

John's short-term and long-term energy solutions include:

Requiring oil companies to drill on the 68 million acres of U.S. land they already own.

Cracking down on Wall Street speculators who are artificially inflating oil prices.

Halting shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve – which have stopped as of July 1 and will remain suspended through the end of the year.

Increasing energy efficiency and conservation in the United States.

Supporting fuel-efficient vehicles and programs like the fuel cell research at Stark State to boost the local economy.

Investing in biofuels that can be grown in the 16th District.

Building new local refineries to process biofuels and other next-generation fuel sources.

Creating an Apollo program to revolutionize our energy sources, develop cutting-edge technologies like wind, solar, clean coal and biomass power, and free us from oil dependence forever.

Isn't it time for real changes to lead Ohio's 16th Congressional District in the 21st Century economy?