Foreign
Oil Dependency: THE battle in the fight against global
warming?
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Friday,
April 27, 2007
Give some fat government contracts to U.S. automakers,
right now. Make every government vehicle, for example, a
hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle. Even better, make
them flex-fuel hybrids. Every one. Split that contract up
amongst the Big 3. This should at least get American
automakers back in the game. If that isn't enough help,
then too bad.
Give consumers tax credits for buying hybrids and fund
those credits w/ a gas tax - and keep the AMT out of the
credit. Still, whether we fund those tax credits with a gas
tax, or we simply realize that ending foreign oil
dependency is a huge investment that can remove our
footprint in the Middle East - it just doesn't matter.
Oh yeah, its a huge investment in reducing global warming
emissions.
Besides, the world might just find out that humans aren't
causing global warming, and that global warming is STILL
going to happen, regardless of what humans do with CO2
emissions. Nonetheless, the kind of innovative thinking
and technology that can end foreign oil dependency can
also help develop solutions to survive even a worse-case
global warming scenario. And if global warming can be
stopped by significantly reducing CO2 emissions, then
we'll be well on our way as well.
Since foreign oil dependency is something that most
Americans can agree upon, wouldn't that be a better path
than global warming to motivate the people, especially
since both are really the same path? The fact that
fighting foreign oil dependency also fights global warming
shouldn't minimize the importance of ending foreign oil
dependency, it should highlight the importance of a battle
against foreign oil dependency.
Besides, if we don't end foreign oil dependency, Iraq
might simply be the beginning of the end. The notion that
leaving Iraq will make the world a safer place is seems
silly. Al-Qaida and other extremists would quickly take
over Iraq and its oil, join forces with other Islamic
groups and cut off the flow of Persian Gulf oil to the
West. Unfortunately, if we leave Iraq, we might hand such
an opportunity to a well financed, battle-hardened
fundamentalist army willing to commit suicide to hurt not
just the U.S., but freedom anywhere and everywhere.
Ultimately, global warming has become too sensationalized
and too politicized. America needs to be united, not
divided. Focusing on foreign oil dependency can bring the
people together, and if we can end foreign oil dependency,
we'll have made significant reductions in green house gas
emissions.
Until we end foreign oil dependency, America is stuck in
the Middle East and Iraq.
Focus on Foreign Oil Dependency! It's a fight for all of
us.
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