10-18-2004, 12:48 PM
All I'll say about this is anyone who thinks that we shouldn't go to war over oil is someone who obviously doesn't understand history. Many, many, many wars have been fought over natural resources in one way or another and more wars in the future will be fought over the same. We and the world at large are not at a point of petroleum independence just yet so to ignore the control of the world's oil supply would be foolhardy at best, disastrous at worst.
Whoever leads the United States in the future needs to seriously invest money in alternative sources of energy. I'm not talking about the token research grants they give out now, I'm talking about a multi-billion dollar program to get things rolling. Because its going to cost of billions of dollars (not to mention American lives) to fight wars over oil if we don't have any alternatives.
Whoever leads the United States in the future needs to seriously invest money in alternative sources of energy. I'm not talking about the token research grants they give out now, I'm talking about a multi-billion dollar program to get things rolling. Because its going to cost of billions of dollars (not to mention American lives) to fight wars over oil if we don't have any alternatives.