Why no one (not even the U.S.) can fix the middle east.

[GMDino]

(10-04-2015, 09:37 PM)6andcounting Wrote: They will if something is cheaper and better. No one is driving Model T's or hunting with handcrafted muskets.

People will try to save money, no doubt.  But how many fools stood in line for the new iPhone?  Was it cheaper?  Did it do that much that was "new"?

(10-04-2015, 09:55 PM)GodHatesBengals Wrote: I really disagree on this. Most people would be glad to stop spending an enormous portion of their income on fuel if the technology was available and affordable, even folks brainwashed by the fossil fuel industry into believing the greenhouse effect is a myth.

I'd like to think so, yet we still have a large part of the population fighting against the new technology tooth and nail.  If we really felt that way we'd embrace the government investing rather than complaining that they should spend that money are important things like new weapons.  :snark:

(10-04-2015, 09:55 PM)Blutarsky Wrote: LOL.. Hows that flip phone still workin for you?

See above.

I'd still have a flip phone if mine hadn't been left in the rain.  And don't get me wrong, I love my phone and all I can do with it...but its an optional choice.  I have to put gas in the car.