It’s simply impossible to feed and employ a growing population without increasing the supply of energy. Conservation will help, but not enough. More energy sources are needed.

The global price of oil primarily results from the most fundamental law of economics: supply and demand. There are untapped domestic oil and coal reserves, as well as nuclear power, that would give the U.S. what is needed temporarily while other sources can be developed. That is obvious.

It’s frustrating to hear politicians blame the oil companies when the fault is so clearly their own. They won’t allow companies to drill for oil, so consumers must buy from dictators.

Legislators mandate a percentage of ethanol, made from corn, so the price of corn rises.

Those unintended consequences are caused by government interference with the free market.

Washington produces great volumes of hot air, but not one gallon of oil or one watt of electricity.

The legislators obstruct those who actually know how to produce energy, then investigate and blame.

Politicians are the ones who should be investigated. They don’t seem to have the slightest idea how to wrestle with a family budget, pay medical bills or keep a business afloat. But, they think they are the experts at everything.

They promise to help voters if elected; they help themselves to our paychecks. We have to live by their laws, then they blame everyone else for the results.

Government isn’t the solution to the problem. Government is the problem.

Gerard Gelinas, Lewiston