Plugged
in, Turned On
 In
the late 1930s Germany went to war against
its European neighbors. Conquest
was the main goal but the acquisition of scarce
natural resources, like oil, was essential. That's
one reason why the Nazis expended a considerable
amount of its armed forces to North Africa.
Today, Germany is going in the opposite direction,
weaning themselves off of oil using peaceful
technologies. Already they get 17 percent of
their energy
from renewable
resources and are planning
to reach 40 percent within ten years. To do
this they will spend $30 billion a year paid
for by a relatively tiny 3.5 per cent tax.
In the U.S. that would be about $225 a year. Sounds
like a pretty good trade-off for energy independence
to me.
Germany is a cold country, as far north of
the equator as Newfoundland. It's technicians
would give their left nut for
California's
sun
or Texas's
winds
and yet they still
manage
to achieve 17 percent in renewable energy,
and much of that is from solar. Way to go,
Germans!
On the flip side of that equation, in 1997
the U.S. produced 40% of the world's solar
energy
equipment.
Today,
that
number
is down to 8%. Why? George Fucking Bush and
the Fucking Republican Congress who stripped
ALL the subsidies away from solar power.
You're paying almost $4 a gallon for gas not
because it's scarce, but because Wall Street
is gambling with oil futures and
squeezing you for every dime they can. Energy
from renewable sources could not be manipulated
this way.
Beginning to understand why Republicans and
their fat cat buddies always support the oil
companies?
It's been said before: If the U.S. had spent
the same money on
renewable energy techniques that it wasted
on Middle Eastern oil wars then
we wouldn't have to fight
oil wars. Our air would
be a lot cleaner and Fox News would have less
to propagandize about 24/7. That's win-win,
people.
=Lefty=
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 February
10, 2011: "We're going to have a relentless focus on creating jobs." -
John Boehner.
So far the list of Republican accomplishemts for 2011 is:
(1) Attempted curtailing of abortion rights.
(2) Attempted defunding of Planned Parenthood.
(3) Attempted defunding of NPR.
(4) Investigating Muslims.
(5) Declaring English as America's Official Language.
(6) Reaffirming "In God We Trust".
Nope. No jobs here.
Still waiting, John.
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 And
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