re: #193 Iron Fist

The problem is that to really wean ourselves off oil we need a breakthrough in technology. Wind won’t do it, solar won’t do it, even nuclear won’t be enough to wean us off oil (and nuclear power will be fought tooth and nail by some of the people who say we need to get off oil).

No, we need a breakthrough of some sort. That breakthrough will probably come sometime, but I doubt anyone can accurately predict when that will be.

I had my hopes up for hydrogen, but that seems to be getting shot-down. I also believe weaning ourselves off of Middle Eastern oil is more important than weaning ourselves off oil altogether right now. It’s ridiculous we won’t drill for oil within our own borders more extensively than we do, and the majority of our oil already doesn’t come from the ME, seems we could get off it altogether if we’d just drill.