| | |  | Renewable Energy | Home » » Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis | | | | | | | Description: | | New York Times bestselling author, former Speaker of the House, and Fox News political analyst Newt Gingrich has a plan for slashing gas prices and reducing our long-term dependence on foreign oil. Gingrich is famous for taking big, visionary ideas and boiling them down into practical solutions as demonstrated in this year's earlier release, Real Change, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for eleven weeks. His new book Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less does just that. Dealing not only with spiraling gas prices, but with the energy crisis as a whole, Gingrich shows how we can safely reap the benefits of America's own natural resources and technology in gas, oil, coal, wind, solar, biofuels and nuclear energy. Gingrich argues that the pinch Americans are feeling at the pump is not a blip in the economy but a looming crisis--affecting not only the price of gas, but the price of food, the strength of our economy, and our national security. To meet this crisis, Gingrich lays out a national strategy that will tap America's scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, and require Congress to unlock our oil reserves and remove all the impediments and disincentives that unnecessary government regulation has put in the way of American energy independence. The energy crisis is solvable, as Newt Gingrich's plan makes clear. His handbook, Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less is sure to become the talk of the presidential campaign season. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Newt Gingrich | | Paperback:
| 185 pages | | Publisher:
| Regnery Publishing | | Publication Date:
| September 23, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1596985763 | | Product Width:
| 135.0 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 190.0 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 0.55 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 25 reviews |
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5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Poorest Gingrich bookJun 29, 2009
By Ben Franklin
"Ben"
This is not classic Newt where the subject would have been well researched and make for interesting reading. Instead it is clouded with political overtones of attacking the opposite side and prevents reaching an objective of solving environmental concerns and energy independence with a unified front. Shame on you, Newt for creating such a bomb. It's just tired rhetoric done hurriedly and soooo repetitive. Ho, Hum!
18 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 Advocacy Book...Good Intent But Unbalanced And ShallowOct 09, 2008
By W. Nichols
First, I'm an independent. I do have 3 decades experiences as a federal worker working government programs with exposure to our elected officials. I'm familiar with the capabilities and limitations on both sides of the aisle. This includes energy. Mr. Gingrich...tho well meaning shows a lack of understanding of the complexity of the issue.
He does provide an adequate overview though slanted toward his political view. The strength of his case is the increasing daily power of special interests...does he acknowledge those he follows and in his party?
Two points illustrate his limitations. First, he never addresses that 35% of oil is used for crucial non-transportation aspects. These range from agriculture to plastics plus hundreds of more vital applications. He could include financial models showing the gravity of the consequences of losing this capability to better make his point of why we need to drill. Second, he should research EROEI...or energy return on energy energy invested...it frames how and why we can and should change based on scientific...managerial efficiency and effectiveness. It also will reveal the flaws on his too optimistic view of additional oil...buttressed by actual data (i.e. depletion rates, on line rates, etc.).
Yes...we are going to have an energy revolution...but it will be painful and take decades. His almost blind adherence to his sources without auditing and questioning them is a key example of why our government is broke IMO. His recommendations...though some noteworthy...are mainly 1 dimensional to a 3 dimensional problem.
The serious reader should explore other books on Amazon that more completely describe this issue to understand the importance, difficulty and gravity of this situation. I also suggest the Oil Drum...ASPO plus Solar...Wind...other alternative energy web sites. One caution...working closely with numerous leading edge technologies...they seldom come on line as quickly as the proponents say. This is why EROEI...management and decision systems are vital. IMO...concepts nearly foreign to Congress and White House as evidenced in hearings.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Our legacy?Jan 21, 2012
By charlie uniquely me
"iconoclast"
A better, more honest title should be: "Drill here, drill now, and let your children pay the consequences".
This guy; like any other politician; will tell you what you want to hear, and once in office will do what he wants to or is told to do.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Bumper sticker propaganda, not sound policyDec 12, 2011
By Dag Johansen
Newt Gingrich is not a geologist. He really has no idea what he is talking about. The USA hit peak oil back in 1970. For 40 years now, oil production in the USA has been in decline. It didn't matter whether a Democrat or a Republican was in the white house or ruled Congress . . . oil production has been in decline since we have been drilling up the country for over 100 years now. Now recently there has been an uptick in production . . . why? Because oil prices moved from $20/barrel in 2000 to near $100/barrel now. That has made many previously uneconomic oil plays now economic. But there are not tons of them. And you can go ahead and drill them like crazy but they won't cause oil prices to drop . . . because if oil prices do start to drop, they'll stop drilling because they'll be losing money. Again, the only reason production has gone up lately is BECAUSE the price is high.
The USA only has about 2 or 3% of the worlds remaining oil reserves. (Go look it up.) Ask Legendary oilman and hardcore conservative T.Boone Pickens, he'll tell you "There is no way we can drill our way out of this problem."
This book is nothing but telling people what they want to hear. You should demand to be told the truth . . . not just lies that a politician knows you want to believe. If you want to know the real situation, I'd recommend digging up the lecture from Ken Verosub, Geology professor at UC Davis where he discusses Newt's crazy views on oil geology.
 Great book, good insite and on target.Mar 07, 2012
By digital Pimple
Newt has the right idea and good insight. This is a little outdated with major finds happening in the past few years.
The US should be using every available resource for gathering all the energy we can from our own resources instead of spending our dollars to people who hate and undermine the US.
The green movement as always is too far ahead of itself promoting pipe dreams and "ideas". We will not see anything green for decades.
BTW this book will be updated with new information in the coming weeks.
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