Let's become self sufficient in energy

Why cannot the United States commit to become self sufficient in energy and by doing so strengthen national security, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and save 300 billion dollars we are sending over seas every year to purchase oil from countries who could shut us off at any time?Obama is wedded to "green" energy which will cost jobs and lower our standard of living. If he gets even part of what he wants gasoline will exceed 7 dollars a gallon and utility rates will double, and every thing we buy will cost more. Just remember what ethanol has done to the price of grain, reflected in higher prices for eggs, milk and cereal. This nation has the coal, oil and natural gas to meet l00 per cent of our needs. Nuclear energy can help if regulations are sensible. Coal, because it is so abundant, should be the first choice for producing electricity even though we have much natural gas in shale that is now recoverable. Germany and Spain have tried to go green with poor results. Despite spending l00 billion dollars Germany gets only 6 per cent of its electric power from wind and less than one per cent from solar. Jobs have been lost, also. Please, let's do the sensible thing and utilize our availale resources to help, not harm ,
our economy.