Posted by
Don Stevens on Saturday, September 06, 2008 8:40:40 PM
There are four basic positions on energy in the USA---
1] Those who want to suppress fossil fuels in order to create a crisis in capitalism. (REDS)
2] Those who want to suppress fossil fuels in order to save the planet. (GREENS)
3] Those who want to make the production and use to fossil fuels more rational in order to strengthen the USA. (RED, WHITE & BLUES)
4] Those who want to proliferate fossil fuels in order to strengthen capitalism. (conservative libertarian/Rush Limbough) (color?)
The sum of these 4 positions constitutes about 85% of the US population. Perhaps another 10-15% just wants cheaper gas and that's that. Just simple consumers with no eye to the environment, the economy, the government, the future, the environment. The other 80-85% is really competing for the support of this relatively small and very unsophisticated set of people.