Guest Column by BOB APPLE
The Renton County Daily Record

President Bush said it best: America is addicted to oil. We currently spend more than $ 1 trillion a year on our fossil fuel addiction, and if we are to believe the rhetoric of Big Oil, the answer to kicking the habit is to drill for more.

But if you're trying to quit smoking, you don't ask the Marlboro Man for advice on kicking the habit, and if you're serious about quitting your oil addiction, you don't ask Big Oil for advice. What America really needs is better energy choices. We deserve energy that is cheaper and cleaner than fossil fuels. The good news is we can and we will end our addiction and create better energy choices while creating new economic opportunities right here in Arkansas. Just this summer, LM Glasfiber started making the first hires for its brand-new $ 150 million wind turbine manufacturing plant at the Port of Little Rock that will create 1, 000 new jobs.

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