World War III - The Oil Apocalypse
August 13th, 2008 by Damon CliffordCrude oil has been the center of the economy for the past 5 years with no immediate end in site. The battle over the control of oil has pushed the world into a state of “oil shock” as prices have risen worldwide.
Oil rich countries such as Russia, Venezuela, and Iran are using their control of oil to push their power around the rest of the world.
America will need to develop it’s own home-grown alternative fuel to become independent of these foreign nations and become the energy leader by example to countries around the world. The next president of the United States will need to develop and plan and execute their plan for this to succeed. I’ve already mentioned the two presidential candidates plans for energy. Both of the plans has pros and cons, but each of them will need to be revised for either one to succeed.
This plan will need to incorporate oil as a short term solution until the technologies of alternative energy are cost efficient and can be used by everyone which could still be 5-10 years down the road. We are at a critical point in the worlds history and unless the leaders take action, there will be an all out war against oil producing nations that will make the last 5 years of conflict seem like a children’s playground.
I believe we can do it! It will take effective leadership, strategic execution of an alternative energy plan, and a desire to change the future for the better.
Alternative energy is not about saving the planet, it is about saving ourselves. As George Carlin once said “The planet will be fine, it’s the people that are *&$#“. The planet has been around for billions of years, while humans have only been around for a hundred thousand years (give or take a couple thousand years). If we destroy ourselves, the planet will continue on without us, just like it always did before us.
World War III - The Energy War
Bill O’Reilly from Fox News wraps up some thoughts on his Talking Points:
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August 13th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I couldn’t agree with this more and what Carlin had to say about the environment was right on! We are the one’s that suffer, not the planet! The planet will continue to survive and heal itself if we kill ourselves off. Just like it continued to survive after the dinosaurs died.
O’Reilly had some really good points.
August 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Why aren’t the presidential candidates talking about some of the proposed plans out there like the PickensPlan, or these new solar towers being built in Australia.
They don’t have to embrace a plan - just talk about our options and what’s being developed.