That said, having more energy-efficient vehicles would be a great benefit to us. We could reduce the amount of money we send to undemocratic countries like Saudi Arabia and developing new technologies would be good for jobs here as well as for exporting products abroad. It would hopefully be good for the environment if we do it right. It really is a no-brainer. Hybrids, electrics, electric flywheel vehicles, there are all kinds of good ideas out there. What is missing is the political will from either party to do anything other than keeping the status quo going.
With regards to Gore, has anyone noticed that all of the proposals to fix the global warming issue are just new taxes and trading schemes? They’re just going to shift fossil fuel consumption from the poor to the rich without doing ANYTHING to reduce the total amount of fuel being burned. It’s almost like they’re trying to starve the third world because they’re worried about overpopulation. If they were really serious, the way to go about reducing fossil fuel use would be to develop smaller villages connected by railways with locally grown food sources and incentives to telecommute or walk or ride a bike to work.
So if you really want to save the environment, start telecommuting or if your job won’t let you, quit it and find one that will! It can really improve your overall quality of life, you’ll be amazed…