If we don't quit our dependence on oil we will have to DEAL with these horrible classless individuals. I say let's have electric cars, and alternative energy sources...
...isn't a likely social or economical solution to this situation.
Electric cars are mandated in CA. Yet how many do you actually see on the streets?
Alternate fuels, such as ethanol, are being pushed by corn belt state lawmakers. Yet other than a few utility and government vehicles, how many dual-fuel hybrid engines and refeuling stations do you see in the Midwest?
Weaning our industrial and social base from oil-based to "alternate" energy supply basis is a pipe dream foisted upon us by the emotions of a few well-connected (but 'well-intentioned') environmentalists that are great at hurling out calls about where we should be, but have never spent one minute or one dime to explain or demonstrate how we can get there.
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