Just pointing out that on one hand you think our dependence on foreign oil is a bad thing but on the other hand you support measures that increase our dependence on foreign oil.
You really don't know what you're talking about... BP, for example, is a world leader in solar panel technology. Oil companies refer to themselves as energy companies because they want to control the "alternative" energy market and they are doing so with the help of government.
Billions and Billions of dollars of government money went to developing hydrogen fuel cells under Bush because he saw that as the "wave of the future". Once in office, Obama redirected all those funds into electric vehicle technology because he sees that as the "wave of the future". Who know what the next president will see as the "wave of the future" but one thing is for sure, having politics decide the winners and losers, rather than the free market, is wasting valuable resources.
Did you just try to claim you are also a Capitalist? If so, you have no idea what Capitalism is and what it stands for.
Where is all that taxpayer money going to come from?
LOL, you need to learn what an ad hominem is before you accuse people of using them. Yes, there are many examples of government wasting resources in the name of the greater good, this alternative energy fiasco is one of them.
If you lovers of big government continue to get your way, government will collapse on itself under the weight of it's massive debts and anarchy is what we will have. Personally I'd prefer capitalism, which limits government and forces it to live within it's means.
You have no idea what a free market is or how it operates.
What you've got are fallacies and misconceptions that you consider to be knowledge. Keeping the planet clean... CO2 is not a pollutant. If I help others it's out of charity, not because I feel some obligation to do so. As a Capitalist, I'm motivated by self interest. The concept of self sacrifice for the greater good is something I'll leave to you collectivists.
