TheGutterMaster
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It does boil down to instability in the Middle East. That, and the fact that drilling is so limited here. We need to invest in more Refineries too. There is really no way around it. Delay is hurtful. We need to be building more on Natural Gas too. I am really mixed with Nukes, considering Current Events, like 250 miles from major population centers seems too close, right now. Hydro-Electric??? Clean Water is going to be in short supply soon enough, Reservoirs are just so multi-use. For every reason to not build on that I can probably come up with 10 positive reasons. I sincerely believe that there are Powers that be, that are more into controlling us, than they are into serving the Public interest.
Well this all boils down to whether you want to sacrifice our environmental future for short term reductions in gas prices.
Green jobs are being shipped to china and they are becoming an economic powerhouse. If we could just invest more in green energy and not in more oil refineries, that could reduce global demand for oil and prices could come down, while at the same time becoming environmentally friendly. The oil industry has made large amounts of profits for years and i dont think it would hurt them that much if we invested in green energy.
If investing in green energy costs more money than so be it. To me it is worth more than just cheap short term investments oil.
I see this as a decision to buy a hybrid or a Hummer. A hybrid may be more expensive, but it will save you long term costs on gas.
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