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Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow • 1875 Eye Street NW • 5th Floor • Washington, DC 20006Other manufacturers. Snap-On Tools makes a diverse line of hand and power tools, diagnosticsand shop equipment and software for automotive, industrial, agricultural, government and otherapplications. Master Lock produces padlocks and security systems. Hundreds of companiesacross the state manufacture medical and dental uniforms, equipment and devices.Of course, manufacturing is not the only industry that requires abundant, reliable, affordableenergy. Every grocery, clothing and department store – from Kohl’s and Sears to Land’s End,Shopko and Menard’s – requires hydrocarbon-based fuel to build, heat and cool buildings,manufacture and transport the products they sell, power computers, and operate warehouses andequipment.That means other companies must provide that energy. In Wisconsin, the bulk of the powercomes from companies like Alliant Energy, Integrys, Wisconsin Energy and Wisconsin PublicService, which provide electric, natural gas, hydroelectric and steam energy, transportation andaviation fuels, along with a dollop of wind-based electricity, for millions of consumers. Theykeep the lights on, the machinery operating, the paychecks coming and the economicopportunities growing throughout the state.Simply put, dependable, affordable energy is thebackbone and lifeblood of an economy thatincludes thousands of family owned and publiclyheld companies, large and small, of everydescription. Nothing runs, nothing happens,without energy. And the products and servicesthese companies provide will not be so readilyavailable and affordable for so many families –and certainly will not be made in Wisconsin orAmerica – if energy prices are driven steadilyupward by policies that deliberately deny access toplentiful, reliable, affordable, mostly fossil fuelenergy.Dairy State farmers depend on oil and natural gas as fuels for vehicles, feedstocks for fertilizers,and heat for buildings and hot houses, to produce dairy products, beef, pork, eggs, honey, corn,cranberries, potatoes, vegetables and a host of other nutritious agricultural products for hungryconsumers all over America. Electricity and fuels enable bakeries and breweries to make a hostof familiar products, producing and emitting prodigious amounts of carbon dioxide in theprocess. And thousands of smaller Wisconsin companies provide countless additional goods,services, jobs and revenues.Hydrocarbon fuels keep people warm (and alive) on freezing nights, and comfortable duringsummer heat waves, like the 2003 scorcher that killed 15,000 elderly French citizens who didn’thave air-conditioning.Heat waves and heat-related deaths are not due to global warming. The tragic deaths result frompoor families being unable to afford air-conditioning, and from families and health officials10