Quote Originally Posted by IDCrewDawg
I feel each of those issues are an important internal american issue (cept maybe the sleeping around one). However America's dependency on fossil fuel, and it's marriage with an unstable regional source has got to be curbed.

There are many alternatives out there from solar, to biodeisel. It is just a matter of marketing. For instance, greater than 50% or vehicles in germany run on biodeisel, why do you suppose that is, well they made that fuel cheaper to start with, and then they have nearly every car manufactured as a deisel engine.

If I were to choose between this and another issue, it would be the cost of healthcare.

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I agree the energy crunch needs to be curbed---We are the only nation in the world that it pays not to reinvest your profits in your oil business---so what if it creates a shortage---that just means more profits--I mean a retiring oil exec--needs 90 million dollars in his retirement package--so why drill for more oil ---why build more refineries----why upgrade the equipment in your old refineries---but the profits of these oil companies hit record levels

and politically speaking ---what happened to our old buddies ---who's asses we saved during the first gulf war---they could break from OPEC and increase production to help us out now that we could use lower oil prices---

So yes energy is a political hot potatoe---and important one I left out