Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis (Paperback)

by Newt Gingrich (Author), Vince Haley (Author)
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New York Times bestselling author, former Speaker of the House, and Fox News political analyst Newt Gingrich has a plan for slashing gas prices and reducing our long-term dependence on foreign oil.

Gingrich is famous for taking big, visionary ideas and boiling them down into practical solutions as demonstrated in this year's earlier release, Real Change, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for eleven weeks. His new book Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less does just that. Dealing not only with spiraling gas prices, but with the energy crisis as a whole, Gingrich shows how we can safely reap the benefits of America's own natural resources and technology in gas, oil, coal, wind, solar, biofuels and nuclear energy.

Gingrich argues that the pinch Americans are feeling at the pump is not a blip in the economy but a looming crisis--affecting not only the price of gas, but the price of food, the strength of our economy, and our national security.

To meet this crisis, Gingrich lays out a national strategy that will tap America's scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, and require Congress to unlock our oil reserves and remove all the impediments and disincentives that unnecessary government regulation has put in the way of American energy independence. The energy crisis is solvable, as Newt Gingrich's plan makes clear. His handbook, Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less is sure to become the talk of the presidential campaign season.

From the Back Cover
Newt Gingrich Presents a Bold Plan for America's Energy Independence:

Do It All. Do It Now. Do It for America.

America is unrivaled in our ability to solve tough problems and create bold, powerful solutions. That's exactly what we need to do with the energy crisis we now face. We CAN become energy independent, while lowering prices at the pump today and developing innovative and effective energy alternatives for the future. We CAN produce an overwhelming supply of oil and natural gas here at home, and break the stranglehold that foreign (often hostile) countries have on our energy supply, and by extension, our economy. And we CAN be responsible stewards of our environment, protecting the grand beauty and richness of our country without sacrificing our robust engines of growth, expansion, and entrepreneurship. As Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and bestselling author, spells out in stunning simplicity, when it comes to developing domestic energy resources, we CAN do it all. Isn't it time we relied on American energy for America's security and prosperity? With your help, your citizen action, and Newt Gingrich's plan as laid out in this handbook, we can solve this energy crisis--and slash gas prices, too.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 185 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing (September 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596985763
• ISBN-13: 978-1596985766
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get it, Read it, and ACT!, September 27, 2008

By	Craig Matteson (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

You should read this book and get yourself up to speed on how the enviro-lobby (yes, they ARE special interests, too) has worked their agenda to box up oil, gas, coal, and nuclear. The point is these forms of energy are lower cost than their "clean" methods of "renewable" energy. So, they had to raise the costs of the traditional fuels to make their preferred methods cost competitive.

The problem is that these "clean" energies are not only not as clean as you are led to believe, they are so costly that developing countries refuse to use them. That means that our energy intensive industries will follow not only cheaper labor, but cheaper energy, less costly regulation, and lower taxes. And you wonder why the factories where your dad and grand-dad worked are gone.

Speaker Gingrich lays out how producing more energy, our own energy, and using it to bridge to a time when the wind, solar, and hydrogen become more cost effective makes sense. The book reads very easily and is a call for us to take back our government and provide common sense balance to the enviro-lobby. No one wants to destroy the environment, but we also don't want to destroy our economy. Market prices reflect not only the current demand, but factor in a sense of future demand and supply, as well. When we show real determination to produce more of our own energy, oil and gas prices will fall around the world. This is explained in chapters one and two.

Chapter three explains why America has the energy in our domestic resources to make a profound difference in our balance of payments, our industrial and economic might, and the price of we pay for our energy. Chapters four and five provide a sensible roadmap to getting more and less costly energy ASAP while also protecting the environment.

Chapter six lays out the choice by describing a future scenario where America does drill here, drill now, pay less. You will understand the difference between what the enviro-lobby has in mind for you and what we can make for ourselves if we have the gumption to take political action and make it stick. Chapter seven and the conclusion tell you how to take that political action.

There are five appendices that lay out the political platform for energy independence, facts and figures about American energy, how to counter the arguments of the enviro-lobby, and some tables showing how our current gas prices are impacting your family budget.

Fine book, timely, needed. Get it, read it, and put pressure on your elected officials from your town all the way to Washington. Don't let them force you into an impoverished future where their costly enviro-dream becomes our nightmare reality.

Heck, they even provide you with a bumper sticker!

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Visionary Plan for Lower Gas Prices , September 28, 2008

By	S. Peek (Rocky Mountains, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a comprehensive plan for cutting gas prices and eliminating dependence on foreign oil.

Based upon the title, one might assume that this is just about increasing the oil supply. It is far more comprehensive than that. This shows how to do that as well as developing many other energy sources including natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, and hydrogen.

The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is a true visionary. His plan is brilliant in its innovation as well as common sense. It is a solution to what Speaker Gingrich demonstrates is 'an absolutely unnecessary energy crisis'.

The author clearly shows who the culprits are in this fiasco: the politicians in Congress and the environmental extremists.

The Congress has not only failed to take proactive measures to ease the situation; they have actively implemented most of the problems causing it. Some of their insidious actions have included: prohibiting offshore drilling in numerous locations, forbidding oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as well as blocking development of the oil shale reserves of the Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. The estimated reserves in this area alone amount to three times those in Saudi Arabia.

They have also enacted measures that make construction of desperately needed oil refineries and nuclear power plants virtually impossible. There has not been a single new nuclear power plant built in the United States since 1979 (During that same period Japan has built 36 and France 56). The last American oil refinery was completed in 1976. During that time, other nations such as India have been outperforming us. There are many other harmful actions that have been perpetrated by the out-of-touch elitists in Washington.

The so-called environmental organizations have also wreaked much havoc. They have made a sport of filing countless lawsuits to prevent drilling, stop the building of refineries, etc.

The best part of this book is the solution section. Gingrich has made 38 specific proposals. These are all very practical. They are common sense and should be implemented immediately. Their adoption would put us on track to economic growth and energy independence.

This is a must read book for all Americans. Every member of Congress who is concerned about his/her constituents will work to enact it. Those who do not should be voted into early retirement.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Newt Gingrich: Drill Here, Drill Now Pay Less, September 26, 2008

By	Kelly J. Jadon "Founder: www.BasilAndSpice.com" (Florida) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Book Review: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less--A Handbook For Slashing Gas Prices And Solving Our Energy Crisis (Regnery Pub., 2008) by Newt Gingrich

From: www.BasilAndSpice.com

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich follows up his American Solutions project, founded 2007, with a hot new book, Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less. He hopes to stem the tide of partisan politics and create a unified country stance on energy solutions.

Gingrich begins with main points:

* We have more energy sources than any other country in the world. Our shale resources in the Rocky Mountains alone are three times the size of Saudi Arabia's oil reserves (world's largest).
* We have 27% of the world's coal.
* We have huge potential in harnessing wind power.
* We have enormous opportunities in solar power.
* We have the largest number of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs of any country in the world.

Gingrich also supports next generation incentives for biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol, a competition to contract out at least four experimental next generation clean coal plants with virtually no carbon emissions, McCain's proposal of a $300 million prize for breakthroughs in battery technology that will make electric cars and hybrids work better.

His premise, "If we adopt the right strategies and implement sound policies, we can ignore the dictators of the world and never again have to beg another country to help us get energy." Gingrich blames left-wing politicians for their anti-coal, --oil, --nuclear policies.

Our policies and their relation to energy costs in the United States effect all Americans. Around the globe, high energy costs raise the price of fertilizer and food transportation, actually leaving the poor in developing countries hungrier.

Our national security Gingrich writes, is also affected negatively. Back in July 2006, Hezbollah (almost certainly backed by Iran) attacked Israel, a United States ally. On July 7th the cost of a barrel of crude oil was $74.16, by July 14th, it had risen to $77.03. This Gingrich says was a $2.87 increase, which amounted to almost $3 billion more a year for the Iranian dictatorship to spend on rockets for arming Hezbollah. Oil spikes bring in more revenue for the Iranians, allowing them to build nuclear weapons.

In the United States 249 million cars and trucks rely on gas and diesel fuel, and our airlines require aviation fuel. Gingrich has outlined steps to move the United States out of the energy crisis and lead the world in new clean energy sources. First, drill for oil here, utilizing the resources already available and enabling our country to be economically viable. Though that oil won't be available immediately, just the fact that we'll be drilling at home will begin to reduce costs. Then we must develop alternative energy solutions which will lower costs and keep the environment clean.
Interestingly, Gingrich points out that Congressman Randy Forbes already has a bill known as the "New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence" (HR 6260) in motion. It calls for energy breakthroughs, the creation of a scientific commission, making America 50% energy independent within 10 years, and 100% independent within 20 years.



Gingrich's Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less:

* Offers rebuttals to opponents' anti-drilling arguments
* Includes an appendix showing a chart how family gasoline costs raise a family's budget
* Appeals to a grassroots movement
* Is written in plain English for all to comprehend Gingrich's viewpoint of the energy crunch
* Explains how we got into this national and global predicament
* States that American ingenuity is the key to solving American energy issues
* Includes Newt Gingrich's "Roadmap for Solving Our Energy Crisis"--38 points long

Highlights of the Roadmap--

* Change federal low to allow offshore drilling for oil and natural gas
* Change federal law to allow drilling for oil and natural gas in ANWR (Alaska)
* Change federal law to allow for the development of oil shale in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado

* Change federal law to incentivize those states that want to permit energy exploration to do so with appropriate safeguards
* Provide a prize for safe disposal or reuse of nuclear waste products
* Make the solar power and wind power tax credits permanent to create a large-scale industry dedicated to domestically produced renewable electricity
* Develop long-distance transmission lines to move wind power from the Great Plains wind belt to Chicago and other urban centers.
* Create an Open Fuel Standard for 95% of the new cars sold in the United States (...Ensure that most new cars sold in America are flex-fuel vehicles {FFVs} that can use a variety of fuel types.)
* Dramatically increase funding to develop hydrogen fuel cells.

Should you read this book? Yes. Even if you disagree with Newt Gingrich, he obviously has some great ideas and holds tremendous influence in the development of the United States. It's important to understand and know how and why our country is changing, and how the United States energy policies affect the world globally. 5 Stars