The Energy issue frustrates me like no other because there is no reason or honest debate on the issue. On one hand some people say that climate change doesn't exist and the more oil and coal we use the better. They totally ignore that almost ALL of U.S. foreign policy is dictated by oil. For example our country cares little about most of Africa and South America but care way too much about the Middle East---why ?? OIL--Africa and South America have little but the Middle East has a lot. Why do we care so much about the Ukraine ?? It wouldn't have anything to do with natural gas pipelines flowing from the Caucuses oil fields to Europe---nah.
On the other side of the fence, people take climate change as a religion and anyone who questions various "facts and figures" is either a loon or a Koch brothers stooge. People believe that carbon credits are great and not a massive scam that does nothing for the environment except will make guys who OWN the carbon credit companies billions (like Al Gore). People believe that spending a fortune on BURNING WOOD (called Biomass) is somehow "Green". Meanwhile when solar or wind projects that might actually work (like off the NE coast) are proposed, suddenly it's Not In My Back Yard syndrome.
People need to understand that there is a finite amount of oil in the ground and we are quickly using it up. We ARE affecting the environment by putting so many green house gases into the atmosphere although to what effect is up to debate. People also need to except that limiting energy will not only ruin economies but will negatively affect all of our lives. We are all totally dependent on electricity and gas powered vehicles for everything. We need to stop pointless bickering and put money and research into alternative energies that WORK. Things like flexible solar panels that are thin and could be put on everyone's roofs, advanced lithium ion batteries to store energy for nights and rainy days, fusion power that could solve all of our energy problems, etc.
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