At $3 a gallon, it costs about $36 to fill the tank of a small car and more than $100 to gas up a pick-up truck. High energy prices are crippling the budgets of families and small businesses across the 6th District.

Today America sends about $1 billion a day abroad to get the oil we need to keep our country moving. This addiction is compromising our national security, poisoning our environment and damaging our economy.

As the founder of the American Sustainable Energy Council, Bob Olson knows Minnesota can play a leading role in breaking this destructive and dangerous cycle.

Wind energy, ethanol and biodiesel have the potential to dramatically change the way we live for the better, improve our environment and grow our economy by creating good new jobs.

By investing $30 billion a year, over a decade, toward tax incentives and loan guarantee funds, Congress can help take the groundbreaking work we’ve done here in Minnesota with sustainable energy to the national level.

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