War for oil? DC is a lot closer than Saudi Arabia, and we only need to shoot a few politicians… Then we can drill in ANWR, buy from the Canadian tar sands, and develop our own shale oil.
The problem is our politicians. First, they create massive hurdles to building anything in this country (environmental impact studies.) Then they make ANWR off limits. Then they say it will take ten years to get oil from ANWR. Well, if we started ten years ago we’d have the oil now, when we need it. Then they blame everyone but themselves for the problem.
Go ahead, vote for the incumbents. They are doing such a good job for you. Heat your homes with their hot air. Maybe they’ll give you a lift to work with their taxpayer subsidized gas-guzzler. You’ve been played. Oh, that hydrogen car. You won’t live long enough to buy one. Unless we build nuclear plants, there won’t be any hydrogen anyway.
Get set for some bad times, because nobody is serious about solving this problem. I’d like a flying Rolls Royce that costs $1 and gets 3000 miles per gallon from tap water. However, I live in the real world, so I drive a smaller car than I would actually like and live closer to work in a smaller house than I would otherwise have. Life is tradeoffs. Don’t drill ANWR, but it is going to cost you. The only free thing in life is a politicians promise. You get what you pay for.
