Joshua
2008-06-18 05:47:49
On the contrary, the West does have something to lose. Even if this idea works, sooner or later we are going to have to let the Afghan biofuel industry evolve on its own, and who’s to say it won’t end up looking more or less like the Saudi oil industry over time? Or perhaps worse yet, effectively taken over by the Taliban, the gangs or the warlords? That would defeat a major purpose of exploring alternative fuels in the first place, which is to achieve energy independence from a part of the world that is otherwise more troublesome than it’s worth.
