Originally Posted by willravel

It might not seem practical, but between the econemy continuing to be in a slump, jobs going overseas, our frightening reliance on energy and goods from outside the US, we need to learn to be self reliant in case of an emergency. What if terrorists bombed oil distributers in the Middle East? We'd have to rely on Alaska, Canada, Central America, and the Soviet States (what are they called now?) for our oil, all of which cost a lot more. We'd be in serious trouble. Reserves in the US for oil are a joke compared to our usage. If we were to learn how to use the energy available to us, wind, hydro, solar, biofuels, nuclear, hydrogen, all in congruence with each other, we could breath a sigh of relief and no longer persue oil interests globally. I'd be willing to sacrafice bananas if it meant stabilization and the ability to be self reliant in an emergency. We are stretched too thin.