09-07-2005, 03:06 PM
You say there is plenty of oil there (in Alaska) to last while alternative sources are found. We already have alternative energy sources. The oil companies have been buying up the patents for them for years and sticking them in drawers so they can continue to get fat. When the oil finally does run out and the giant corperations finally implement some of the technologies they own they will still be the ones making the dough on what ever comes next. We already have the technology to build hydrogen cars and we grow so much corn in this country that the government pays farmers NOT to grow it. The corn could be used for biofuels and the american diet could use a little less hydroginated corn syrup in everything they eat. The biggest check book rules in this country, always has and it takes alot more than simple majority to overrule money. It takes much more than a majority OPINION in this country to make changes. Every single person of voting age has to make their voice herd with an "informed" vote and make politicians pay when they don't follow through. I used to concider myself a bit of a republican, but not now. W has made me turn left faster that Jeff Gordon. Some of his actions are criminal and the only thing that keeps me from screaming for his head is that Chaeney is worse.
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