My Letter to Schumer:

Respectfully Sen. Schumer, the point is to start moving away from oil and gas by increasing efficiency, changing our lifestyle and ramping up alternatives, not subsidizing it any further. OPEC simply can't increase production because of basic GEOLOGICAL reasons, not political/economic. They are simply at the limit of their ability to continuously produce ever greater quantities of a NON-RENEWABLE resource. For more on peak oil, please read The Hirsch Report or this analysis of current oil production levels.

If you would like to read about a community that is planning to deal with these issues proactively, I highly recommend you read the plan written by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Or perhaps you could sponsor a resolution in the US Senate joining Rep. Bartlett of Maryland calling all the President and all agencies of the Federal government to recognize the importance of the coming peak in oil production as San Francisco recently has.

And then I put my name, address, phone number

Schumer's problem as other's have noted here is that he is a grandstander extra-ordinaire. Anyone who follows politics in NY state knows that Chuck has never missed an opportunity to preen for the cameras much as  the rest of us don't skip coffee in the morning. A major problem for change in NYS is Chuck and Hill's egos which get in the way of rational thinking. Not to mention rational discussion as opposed to humming 'everything's coming up roses.'