You might want to consider that a good many of the folks who want to see the US energy independent aren't also environmentalists.
Fact number 1.. Even under the best of circumstances, the US won't even come close to achieving energy independence for multiple decades down the road, if ever.
Fact number 2.. So called "environmentalists", and the politicians who implement their destructive anti-life policies (such as the proposed Waxman/Markey monstrosity), are making us ever more dependent on foreign energy sources, the ones that work in reality.
Windmills and solar panels and Teslas are nice little touchy feely greeny things. Unfortunately, that's just about all they are. By locking up additional offshore (and onshore) fossil fuel resources, including banning coal fired plants, we're on our merry way to committing economic AlGoricide, all in the name of "preventing climate change", a ludicrous proposition at that.
Stupid can be funny until it becomes painful, a condition that our (lack of) energy situation is heading towards in the not too distant future.
Remember "Drill here, drill now" from last year? Expect to hear that refrain again, and a lot louder next time. People are going to get really angry when they discover what's been done to their standard of living, all in the name of "saving the environment". Just wait and see... |
