Energy Policy

Let's get real about alternative energy.
Read about it with this FREE 287 PAGE BOOK!   It's called "Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air".

What can a government do to help (or hinder) America's conversion from fossil fuel to alternatives?

PBS has a two hour documentary online called "HEAT" which discusses our use of fossil fuels.
It explores our solutions, and the lack of interest in solutions by the Bush administration.
"I have reported on the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union, the rise of Al Qaeda, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," says Smith. "But nothing matches climate change in scope and severity."
Washington Post ran this cartoon in June 2008
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I used to have a Washington Post link here, but they took this cartoon down. hmmmm.

My Letter to the Editor of the San Antonio Express-News

Published July 14, 2008

If we, as Americans are addicted to oil, then that means we have to find a way to stop our consumption of oil.
Asking the government to allow offshore drilling or to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the same reaction a drug addict would use when told he must kick his habit. He will STEAL from his friends and relatives to get more dope.

Plug-in Hybrid technology exists that will give us 100+ miles per gallon, but at the current time it requires independent conversion shops to make the hybrids plug-in capable.

Instead of asking our government to drill more oil, we should be asking our car companies to produce plug-in hybrid cars. Gasoline will never go down in price again. Maybe instead of "Drill Baby Drill", we should be shouting "Charge Baby, Charge".
How Edward Bernays became the "Father of Public Relations"
Note: I may have mis-calculated how soon the prices would go back up, but I have the feeling that they will certainly rise faster than they fell. As of July 2009, we are again hitting the $2.49 mark. Next round is coming for the Summer of 2009.
Get ready.
What does T Boone Pickens say about reducing America's dependence on Foreign oil?

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