NotPetroleum Blog » wind power http://notpetroleum.com Researching Ways to Reduce Our Dependence on Oil Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:42:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Energy Security – Are We Ready? http://notpetroleum.com/2011/03/30/energy-security-are-we-ready/ http://notpetroleum.com/2011/03/30/energy-security-are-we-ready/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:16:45 +0000 admin http://notpetroleum.com/?p=446 Today, President Barack Obama spoke to students at Georgetown University to challenge the next generation to meet the challenge of reducing our dependence on foreign oil.  He put forth a plan to reduce our daily import of foreign oil by a third by 2020 by:

1. Increasing our domestic production of oil in a responsible and sound manner

2. Increasing our investment and production of next generation biofuels

Watch the video and learn more about Obama’s plans to help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil to make our country more secure.

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