[TheRealThing]

Isn't your "fossil fuels are the gift of God" an assumption about progress and technology and industrialization that begs on the same door as those you so vehemently assert are in "La La land"?

Men live on planet earth the last I checked. Replete within and upon said earth are the raw materials sufficient to sustain life and pioneer the science of the future. Now call me stupid but if history is any indication, the horse was still crapping on the streets long after the auto was invented. Coal fired electrical generating stations endure to this day even though atomic generating stations function without incident. Likewise, not all US Naval vessels use nuclear fuel, though many do. The point is it takes time to integrate technological advances into industry. And that is only possible once the technology has been fully developed.

It is profoundly asinine in my view for America to roll over on the bounty of fuel which lays at our own feet, especially in light of the fact that there exists nada with which to replace it. Maybe if one you chips off the old Lennon block could come up with renewable energy sources that were actually viable, then the government could force industry's hand to implement them a bit ahead of schedule. But alas, they do not as of yet exist. Meanwhile, we pour our life's blood into OPEC, funding our enemies dream to see America laying on the ash heap of history. And why? Because as I just said, liberals professing themselves to be wise, are become fools. Changing the gifts of God such as fossil fuels, into agents of our destruction. If there is anything dumber, I guess I just have not run across it yet. And before you dismiss my analogy out of hand consider Iran. Sworn enemies of the US complete with an annual Death to America Day, we're having trouble finding the required number of cargo planes with which to deliver all the cash we'd love to bestow on them. I will however be the first to admit, if wind power ever actually finds it's stride, liberals should be able to blow it to the forefront.