Greasy stuff

posted by The Vidiot @ 5:40 PM Permalink

According to Greg Palast, the administration's real plan with Iraq was not to control the oil so we'd have plenty, but rather, it was to control the oil so they could control the price. Keep it high so profits could be made. Makes sense. So, Chavez isn't too far off when he accuses the US of going after Iran's oil reserves. Though he may be a little off on the "how".

But what are our alternatives? Nuclear energy. I hardly think so. Historically, we have 3-mile Island and Chernobyl, and more recently, we have a fire in a Japanese nuclear plant that THEY SAY didn't spew radiation, and now we find out that Indian Point, just north of New York City, is leaking radiation into the Hudson River and local groundwater. So, nuclear energy is out.

What about biofeul. Well, I tend to think that's a bad idea. Only because fuel will then have to compete with food as a commodity. And that can't possibly turn out well.

What about taxing carbon use, you know, something like carbon credits. Well, that's all well and fine for me. I live in NYC and our public transit system is awesome. But what about those people in the red states who have to drive everywhere. (Though, it can be argued that perhaps they should be punished for the whole GW fiasco.)

Solar is great, but for some reason, real solar cars are just not being proposed. (Solar boats, however, are available.)

Nope. As near as I can tell. We're screwed. Maybe that's why the evil cabal that runs the world has created bird flu. To reduce the demand on energy resources.