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thank god for thinking republicans... at least you care enough to read through a whole essay. I would most definitely keep the line that we don't belong in the middle east, and when I say we don't need to be there, I don't mean leave tomorrow. I know that we still need oil and lots of it for the moment, but with more effort put into alternatives we don't need to stay there more than a few years. As for belonging... its like saying that a goldfish belongs in a pool of piranhas, yes it needs to breath, but perhaps its not best to hang around somone that wants to kill you. Speaking of backing up the truck... The whole point of that paragraph was to show that not that much would have to change to use hydrogen fuel... a backflashing system, and actually the transport and storage would remain fairly simple. Hydrogen isnt as dangerous as people think, the Hindenberg just gave it a bad image. Lastly, I'm sure that change would be smoother if done by the private sector, and probably will be in the end, but right now its a painstakingly slow process, and govt. incentives and bonuses could seriously speed things up because the technology is not that hard for things like fuel cells and hydrogen fuel. My problem is that instead of spending money on alt. energy development, we're drilling for more oil in alaska. Without trying to sound to green here, I'd point out that in last years state of the union the president said he'd dedicateda whopping one million dollars to new energy. Not that much money, and I haven't seen any results from that. Well lets see what he has in store for us tonight. Id be happy to continue this debate in a new light tomorrow.
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