BailOut's Interview: Conservation in 2009 and Beyond

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Originally Posted by freeridelectric

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All wars have been over energy. In the times of kings, kingdoms would fight for land. What is land but energy. ......

I would use the term 'greed' instead of energy. 'Greed' for the items that were important to that time in history.

Brian is commended for his conservation efforts, and I applaud him. The Gulf War was about oil....but was it because of Iraq's wanting to overtake Kuwait's oil fields and shipping ports, or our fear (and some allies) of how our economy and way of life would suffer because of it. The Iraq war was/is about oil also....an unstable dictator in control of a lot of oil, while all indicators showing flagrant defiance with possible WMD's, which most democrats and republicans in the House and Senate agreed upon (as the country becomes more stable our troops will no longer be needed).

We all need to conserve more, and look to alternative energy sources for the long run. As we get closer to alternative sources (I believe it will take a decade or two) drilling for oil on our own borders is a good choice for the transition to maintain our economy, way of life, and possibly relieve tensions world wide.

to Brian