Post Peak Oil

[Old and In the Way]

frank frankly posted this last night and I thought it should get more "exposure" than Janet's breast.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1076917

We should be pressing all the candidates to address this issue....I think it frames the Bush administrations actions of the past 3 years, but more importantly, we need to ask what the hell we, as a country, is going to do to about it.

To me, the problem begets a solution to the growing unemployment problems of America....we should be investing big time in alternative energy solutions that require a transformation of the infrastructure and our cultural attitudes regarding transportation, etc.

This is THE issue that a national debate must be had on.

Republicans (Bush) want a PNAC military solution that fights for the last drop of oil, but doesn't want us to question/understand the policy. Democrats should show that we can offer a progressive solution that promotes a real future for America and the world.

But 1st, we have to acknowledge that this is the coming reality.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. more here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1077444&mesg_id=1077444&page=

[Ilsa]

2. It is one of the things

than won me over to my candidate: his vision of developing alternatives to our foreign dependence on oil without destroying ANWR.

We have to get serious about conservation and new sources.

[BlueDog2u]

3. Kick it!

This is what we should be talking about.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Truer by the day......

What if.........

Bush had used 9/11 to cut our oil ties and use the Treasury to develop a whole new domestic energy policy based on renewable/alternative energy?

But then, Bush can never be anything but a front man for Big Oil. Precisely the wrong administration for this time.

[demodewd]

5. absolutely

Absolutey agree with you on this.We should be investing 50-100 bilion a year on alternative sources. And BIG OIL won't do business with Arab nationalists.

[rman]

6. "It may not be profitable to slow the effects of decline"

-- a Dutch economist at the peak-oil conference in Paris (source: Mike Ruppert)

yes this issue should be pushed on our representatives, but don't expect any miracles.