| We spend billions of dollars every year importing oil | | | | cars will save you a lot of money. Also, an electric car |
| from unstable countries such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia and | | | | uses no but is powered by the electric grid. |
| Venezuela. For our nation financial and political stability, | | | | 4. Walk to work or shops instead of using your car. |
| we should try to avoid using foreign fossil fuels as | | | | Another great benefit is that you can lose weight and |
| much as we can. If something dramatic happens in | | | | feel healthier by doing this every day. |
| any of those countries, it could mean that we have to | | | | 5. Invest more in public transport and depend less on |
| pay more in petrol. In order to reduce our oil | | | | cars. We can move more people efficiently if we |
| dependence, we need to do the following things: | | | | invest in a good transport system such as trains and |
| 1. Diversify our energy resources. We should spend | | | | trams. |
| more money on other energy alternatives such as | | | | 6. Invest more in energy research so we can use |
| nuclear power, solar and wind power. | | | | energy efficiently and find ways to invent new |
| 2. Spend more money in researching more oil wells | | | | alternative energy systems. |
| around America. America has a lot of oil reserves that | | | | 7. Tax people who are excessive users of fossil fuels. |
| hasn't yet been tapped. It is estimated there are billions | | | | For example, tax cars that have high gas consumption |
| of untapped oil reserves around our seas. | | | | per mile. |
| 3. Use efficient cars such as the Toyota Prius. Hybrid | | | | |