| on Apr 22, 2008, 02:52 PM E.S.T.
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Dateline USA....
As gasoline prices jumped for the first time to
an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across America, an
apparently paralyzed and defeated nation remained focused on ... carbon.
Seriously.
Go into any American bookstore, and you will find entire shelves--whole
sections--devoted to carbon footprints, carbon emissions, and other
green crap.
Never mind that more and more serious scientists are
finally finding the courage to speak up and question the manmade global
warming scam. Elitist opinion, led by former US Vice President Al Gore,
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, and the left wing of
the mainstream media, is still firmly in charge of the planetary issues
agenda.
Oil is bad, gas is bad, coal is bad, anything that is
proven and big and essential to our national security and economic well
being is bad, the cripple-America-for-its-own-good crowd cry. Monstrous
windmills are good, the zealots tell us. Wave energy is good, the
whackos assure us. Growing food to fuel SUVs instead of feeding people
is wonderful, the fraudsters and fools insist.
And so it goes.
Not
one US Presidential candidate has an oil policy, even though the world
depends on oil and will continue to depend on oil for at least two
decades. Not one candidate shows interest in tapping the awesome
deposits of heavy oil (both crude and tar sands) into which the world
is actually running instead of running out of. Not one candidate says a
word about enhanced oil recovery--squeezing new oil from old fields.
Not one candidate is committed to bringing down gasoline prices. Not
one candidate cares about clean coal. Not one candidate seems to give a
damn that millions of Americans could soon be in danger of choosing
between buying food or buying gasoline to drive to work--or oil or
propane to heat their homes.
Heaven help what was once the greatest nation on Earth.
The
New York cab driver meant well but got it wrong. He skipped a step. Oil
isn't killing us. Our own politicians are killing us. Source
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