of special interest groups, and now we are paying the price as Americans. When the electric trollys were moving people in large cities in the early twentieth century, the auto industry lobbyied for gas driven buses so that the auto industry could flourish. When trains were moving the majority of cargo and people long distances, auto and oil special interests moved our country in the direction of long haul trucks, super highways, and air travel. The oil companies continue to make record profits at our expense, and yet fail to build the refineries necessary to enhance production needed. America, as the greatest technologically developed country in the world has an abundance of coal; many say enough to sustain our energy requirements for centuries. Unfortunately, despite our innovative, captialistic nature, efforts to manufacture this coal in an effective, environmentally friendly manner have been stalled. Special interests at work again? Drilling in environmentally sensitive areas is the easy way out for the oil companies and furthers our dependence on oil and increases their bottom line. America needs a mass rail system to move people and goods, solar energy harnessed, coal utilized at an optimum level, and homes and cars built to function on renewable sources of energy. Romney is right that we need to develop our own energy sources and get off foreign oil, but he is wrong that we need to drill in environmentally senstive areas. Romney's approach is more of the same special interest driven solutions that have middle America on her knees and our national security at risk.