It's tough to refute anything from the Dems when the msm does not do honest and balanced reporting on GOP speeches. The msm always tries to make it sound like there's really not much oil in Alaska or offshore of California and it really won't help us out if we produce oil from those regions. That kind of reporting is just false, distorted and unbalanced and it makes it very difficult for the GOP to get our side of the story out to the public. The Democrat energy plan is usually mass transit subsidies and more regulation to increase fuel economy by making cars & trucks smaller and lighter. Regulation to require smaller vehicles saves some energy but it makes it harder for US auto companies to compete with Asian companies and it causes more traffic fatalities in accidents.
Ford is probably already going bankrupt. increase CAFE, or tax SUVs, and Ford is gone, and GM probably goes down too.