WORKERS PAY FOR ENERGY

Here's whats wrong with not having domestic, renewable energy:

NAM: Higher energy costs have cut US workers' wages
Nick Snow, August 28, 2006 (Oil and Gas Journal)
- US workers' real hourly wages have fallen because energy prices overall have climbed 80% since the end of the 2001 recession, said the National Association of Manufacturers in its 2006 Labor Day report on Aug. 28…

- Energy cost impacts are the single negative in a domestic economy where nonfarm productivity grew 2.3% year-to-year (slightly down from the 3.3% pace of the prior 3 years), 1.7 million new private sector jobs were added, and average unemployment fell below 5% for the first time in 5 years, NAM said…
- This is the first US economic recovery in 30 years where energy prices have climbed instead of fallen... NAM is calling for a national debate on a comprehensive national energy strategy…