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But if we are fighting a war on terror for real, then we should be funding alternative energy research and not letting the oil companies any where near any of that grant money.

You certainly do not believe in free enterprise and the private sector. Do you have a government job?

Boy, you're the most enthusiastic of the stockbrokers I've met on here yet. lol.

What we have right now is not a free or competitive market. We have government protecting an oil-based monopoly on our transportation energy requirements.

What I want to see is real, useful research that results in innovation to get us out of the pockets of tinpot dictators in third world hell holes. If you think that doesn't fall under defense, then you are crazy. Unless you are arguing to privatize the military, in which case you would be logically consistant. It is insane to say we are fighting a war on terror when we depend on the terrorists to sell us energy. If replacing this energy source hurts your portfolio, I'm sorry.

And I have explained how the coffee example or argument is a strawman. Would you like me to explain again?