Letter to the editor: U.S. must pursue energy security

Being from Western Pennsylvania, I’m proud to witness multiple new businesses and investments in our region, as a result of the energy industry’s impact on our local economies. There is a rich history of the oil and gas industry starting right here in nearby Venango County. The Drake Well in Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania’s first commercial oil well, sparked the first oil boom in the United States.

Over the past two years, energy policy decisions by the Biden administration have stymied American oil and gas production, weakening our nation’s energy security and leaving our country vulnerable. Our allies abroad are suffering due to a lack of American energy on the market, and we are suffering at home from this lack of energy security and production as gas prices soar and home-heating costs rise. On Oct. 28, Mansfield Energy issued a warning indicating historically low diesel inventories which could run out by Thanksgiving.

The United States must pursue full energy security. By curtailing energy production and halting other efforts to produce oil and gas, the Biden administration is hurting everyday American workers, small businesses and families who are forced to put more of their monthly budget toward energy costs.

Kimberly D. Geyer

Adams