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In reply to the discussion: US economy shrinks 0.1 pct., 1st time in 3 ½ years [View all]brett_jv
(1,245 posts)Our economy cannot run well on 80-95 dollar a barrel oil. It's really that simple folks.
What we need to do is cut our military spending in, like, HALF, and reinvest into solar, wind, geothermal, electric cars, getting our railways and waterways back into good working order (and yes, continue to develop our oil shale resources), and just generally engage in a Manhattan Project to try to become energy independent in the greenest way possible.
If we didn't have to worry about our foreign oil supplies so much (and the pissing off of people on the other side of the world that goes with it), I'd be we could really easily could cut our military budget in half ... and still end up twice as safe.
Such a project would also put millions to work ... although a lot of military people would lose their jobs in the process, perhaps they could be retrained to work in our new green economy.
But no ... that will never happen as long as the oil companies are funding our politicians campaigns.