See I am all about finding new forms of renewable energy but really feel like the proponents of finding sources outside of traditional oil are constantly forced to defend the position of Global Warming.
I have three questions for those who shape their argument against renewable energy about trying to discredit global-warming.
- you are probably an avid fisherman, hunter or at least drive a truck because your house is on 5 acres of farmland, so tell me do you also discredit pollution? Who cares if it burns a hole in the atmosphere but do you like inhaling black smoke and seeing your forests, plains and farmland get corroded?
- Why continue to buy oil from countries which traditionally don't like us. This is a national security issue because if a strategic material is held only in the hands of others you are vulnerable (see oil embargo early 1980's). If you are as Hawkish about national security as you claim to be, why isn't this on the top of your list.
- jobs. You scream about jobs but if the US committed themselves to green-energy you could see thousands of jobs for people making windmills, dams, nuclear fuel, solar panels etc. Why put this is the hands of China as a front page article in the NYT explains yesterday which said that in 2008 China added 1.2 million green jobs.
(end thomas Friedman rant).
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