The point is to Get Off Oil altogether
ILLUSTRATED: The oil drilling issue is simply about letting the petroleum industry make every last nickel it can. We need to get off oil for the sake of the planet, the economy, and national security.
Human brain tissue is the most important natural resource in solving the energy problem.
This oil drilling issue is similar to the prescription drug benefit. It is a government giveaway to a particular industry that is being sold as a populist measure. The Medicare Part D disaster is simply a giveaway to the drug industry. It violates free market principles in that the government cannot use its scale to bargain for lower prices.
Oil drilling is the same thing. The fuel cost crisis is just an excuse to begin drilling off the coast, something that will not come online for at least five years. In five years, there can be scientific breakthroughs that will transform our economy and market for science jobs. It will save the planet from carbon emissions, and give us a freer hand in global politics.
Human brain tissue is the most important natural resource in solving the energy problem.
This oil drilling issue is similar to the prescription drug benefit. It is a government giveaway to a particular industry that is being sold as a populist measure. The Medicare Part D disaster is simply a giveaway to the drug industry. It violates free market principles in that the government cannot use its scale to bargain for lower prices.
Oil drilling is the same thing. The fuel cost crisis is just an excuse to begin drilling off the coast, something that will not come online for at least five years. In five years, there can be scientific breakthroughs that will transform our economy and market for science jobs. It will save the planet from carbon emissions, and give us a freer hand in global politics.
posted by Teka Thomas at 10:54 AM
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Energy is a biggest problem and nobody is addressing it directly..........long term solutions are to late........we need an immediate solution while the long term plans are working.........the US is the largest agricultural producer in the world........we need to place an export tax on all agricultural products and use the income to subsidize the price of gas at the pump.........OPEC subsidizes the price of gas at the pump. Iraq pays Kuwait 5% of all oil revenues for war damages.We have been paying Iraq for the past 15 years for having troops there.....are our elected officials stupid.............Kuwait want us to pay 450 million for fuel we used while we were fighting to retake their country.........We need to collect the monies owed us from WWI & WWII........we have 29,000 troops in Korea when S Korea is trading with the north and S Korean tourist are going north........what wrong here..........I could write for days on the military waste and lost money our elected officials don't try to collect................
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