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Austin Rivera 20 Ridgetop Rd. Wallingford, CT 06492 November 18, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, Congratulations on winning the elections. I hope you find the perfect dog. Anyways, I am writing to talk to you about some things I think are very important that you cover in office. The oil prices have been fluctuating so much over the past 6 months. It has gone from a high of over $4.00 a gallon down to a little over $2.00 presently. The oil market is very unstable, and that needs to change, at least until we find a cheap, clean, renewable resource.

We are currently paying more for oil than needed because of the situation in the Middle East. Did you know that the Saudi Arabians pay on average the equivalent of $0.91 a gallon for gas? The prices in the U.S are more than $2.20 on average. And why do we pay more? Because of the war, they don't want us in there, we don't want our troops there, and the U.N. doesn't think we should be there. So why are we there? It costs thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. Your plan to get them out of there ASAP was the right choice in my opinion.

Because President Bush mishandled the information of what happened on 9/11, we are suffering. Iraq had nothing to do with Al Qaeda, but bush invaded anyways. Now almost half of the world hates us. But I believe you can fix this because you have a good sense of right from wrong. You admit your mistakes, unlike Bush. You know how to fix them, unlike Bush. If McCain was elected, we would be in the same situation 4 years from now.

Now I know that terrible things happened on 9/11, but from what I've read, I don't see any connection between Iraq and that day. And I know that Saddam Hussein wasn't a good leader, but why did we invade them? Foreign policy and energy policy are the two biggest issues currently. I think that you shouldn't make enemies unless you need to. And we need to find enough oil to use until we can develop and market an alternative fuel. I hear that it's really easy to run diesel powered vehicles on waste vegetable oil which restaurants normally pay to get rid of. That would make a good start.

I hope you will take some time out of your extremely busy schedule to read this letter. It would mean a lot to me. You have a lot of work ahead, but I know you can handle it. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, Austin Rivera