Obama pitches energy plan in Northeast Ohio
The Akron Beacon | August 05, 2008
By Colette M. Jenkins
Sen. Barack Obama continued presenting his proposal for the nation's energy crisis this morning at the Austintown Fitch High School gymnasium. A day after unveiling his ''New Energy for America'' plan in Lansing, Mich., the Democratic presidential hopeful told an Ohio crowd of more than 2,500 that the United States got to the point of $4-a-gallon gasoline because of our dependence on foreign oil. He said we need to increase fuel efficiency and increase renewable sources.Obama spent the first half of his hourlong campaign stop speaking about his energy plan before shifting to a town-hall format in which he took questions about education, the war in Iraq, treatment of veterans and infrastructure for interstate, high-speed, lightweight rail travel.
