I go back and forth on this thing. Frankly, I'd love to see us get off oil for reasons NOT related to global warming (i.e. supporting OPEC). But that's a different subject. So are we hurting our planet? Yeah, I think that's pretty obvious. We've been doing it a long time. Pollution, ozone holes and now greenhouse gases. So can we actually KILL the planet? I think the idea is ludicrous. Can we make it uninhabistable? I don't believe that either. I think the worst we could do is make it uninhabitable for US. Are we doing that? Yeah, maybe. And while that's not nice, maybe that's just the natural order of things. We talk about all the species that are becoming extinct. Guess what? Species have ALWAY been dying off - even before we got here. That's just the way things are too (imo). So I would like to see us gett off oil. Bush never convinced me that we can't do it and his motives weren't exactly beyond reproach. BMW produces a 745 that runs on hydrogen (they get 5 years no corp taxes on the sales of the care from their govt). There ARE houses and cities that run without a drop of oil. We have the technology. We have the ability. What we don't have is the commitment. Because "going green' has for some reason, been labeled a "Liberal" issue. How stupid. I can't think there aren't Conservatives out there, who would find it objectionable for us to get off oil. Maybe not on this board but I know they are out there. Anyways, just some random thoughts. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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