03-21-2016, 01:00 AM
(03-20-2016, 11:33 PM)michaelsean Wrote: They are picking one industry over another because they have decided that is what's best for us.
They are being forced to by the rest of the world. If we don't invest heavily in renewable energy we will be left behind.
If you factor in the costs of earthquakes in Oklahoma and other western states, the wars in the middle east, the pollution, and the greenhouse gasses it is pretty clear that fossil fuels are not really that cheap anymore.
It is like when people were not willing to pay extra for safety glass or seatbelts in automobiles, but the government realizes it was cheaper for our country as a whole to have these things. The government made the choice for us and it was the right choice. We have saved billions thanks to safety glass and seatbelts in cars, yet if we left it to the individuals it would probably have never happened. That is what the government is supposed to do. If not individuals will run the country in the ground thinking they are saving money when in fact it is costing us more money.
