George Bush's comments about our “addiction to oil” seems to be getting a lot of buzz now. Scott Adams, in his blog, said “Let me begin by saying there are lots of good reasons for conserving energy. It saves money, it’s good for the planet, and that’s good enough for me. I drive a small car.”
The way I look at it, if you buy into the whole “people wreck the environment” philosophy, then the best thing for the environment would be the extinction of the human race. I don’t know anybody advocating that (I could be wrong, they could be out there). Frankly, I’m a “people firster”: We should conserve the forest because it’s nice to look at, not because a certain sub-species of owl has so over-specialized itself that it can’t live without it.
That being said, I like Adams’ comments about reducing oil consumption. It would have zero affect on terrorism. Our president has wanted to increase development of alternative fuels for a long time (surprise, surprise), and tying it to terrorism is just his latest attempt at gaining some traction there (remember when the feds were running anti-drug commercials, tying illicit drug use to terrorism?). And, for those naive enough to be surprised that George Bush is pro-alternative energy, keep in mind that we don’t really have “oil companies” anymore; we have “energy companies”. If we do find a commercially viable energy alternative, it’ll be the same guys who are now selling us our oil that’ll sell that too. And we’ll thank them for it (metaphorically speaking, of course).
And, for those who think in terms of “war for oil”, keep in mind that the U.S. didn’t care one whit about the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq (remember that bit of historical fact), until the Kuwaitis were able to get their appeal to Congress televised. The U.S. was perfectly happy to buy their Kuwaiti oil from Iraq, up until the media decided to make it a humanitarian issue.
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