Let's start working to find a solution

In the early 1980s, when a new way of centralizing corporate America emerged, land was plentiful in suburban areas of major American cities, so commercial real estate in those locations was booming.

Centralizing corporate America would allow American companies to save money by preparing them to take their businesses global and afford them a more centralized office location to hire a more educated work force. It was at this point in our history when Americans began commuting to work.

So, what is my point? Our dependence on oil is directly connected to our commuter lifestyles. Duh! Corporate America relies on their employees to get to work every day on time. For employees to get to their jobs and back home every day, they need to fill their cars with gas and oil regularly. Now, I don't know the dollar value and I don't know the gallons consumed, but I can see that to maintain people's lifestyles and livelihoods it will require our dependence on oil for a very long time.

Corporate America's capital investment in centralization is already a "monument," and any hope of reversing the flow and returning jobs to local communities is slim. Worse yet, Corporate America needs offshore drilling, and Corporate America needs drilling in Alaska to thrive as an "entity." Congress needs Corporate America, too. Therefore, is it any wonder that Congress would ignore their responsibilities to begin the process of getting America on the road to reducing our dependence on oil?

I think it is time to stop shifting blame, stop living in denial and start working for the solution. Remove the mental barriers that block our imagination to find a better way. Release the human spirit to raise awareness from dependence on oil to renewable energy-electricity. There is a better way, so let's find it and call your member of Congress today and keep him/her busy helping solve this problem of reducing our dependence on oil. Join more than a million members at WeCanSolveIt.org. Together, everyone can help make the switch from oil to clean renewable energy-electricity.

Judith Walden
Stockton