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Further Drilling is the Energy Solution, Not Electric Cars?

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    FBN's Gerri Willis on why the Administration needs to focus on increasing oil drilling in the U.S., not on propping up the electric car market.

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The good news about gas prices if you can find good news about gas prices.

Is they've stopped cattle pull it -- higher and only creeped up a little bit today.

Hello everybody I'm Gerri Willis the national average for -- price of gas 389 a gallon that's up a penny according to AAA.

And that is cold comfort for most of us who are tired of paying an arm and a leg or both to fill our -- remember this old joke.

And while the president -- saying there is no silver bullet for bringing prices down one of his favorite solutions was delivered out below that the head today.

As you know President Obama is a big fan of electric cars are -- for expanded taxpayer funded subsidies to spur consumer purchases.

But the -- at the Lundberg survey say even today with prices at 389 a gallon several makes and models just aren't worth the money.

Take a Chevy Volt you decide according to Lundberg the price of gas -- after reached 1250 gallon.

1250 a gallon before the car would be cost effective the bull was the car the president said he would buy after leaving office.

By the way -- made the determination based on the cost of gas vs electricity.

Fuel efficiency and depreciation.

Look not only does the White House not have a silver bullet for fixing the gas prices they don't have a clue electric cars -- the solution drilling for more oil is that's.