It's bubbling up in Siberia and the oceans of the Arctic.
Can we get out heads out of the sand (literally and figuratively) and start funding the long past due changeover to 100% zero carbon energy sources... ASAP. Please.
Carter Tried To Stop Bush's Energy Disasters - 28 Years Ago
by Thom Hartmann
In his recent news conference, George Bush Jr. suggested that our nation's "problem" with high gasoline prices was caused by the lack of a national energy policy, and tried to blame it all on Bill Clinton. First, Junior said, "This is a problem that's been a long time in coming. We haven't had an energy policy in this country."
This was followed by, "That's exactly what I've been saying to the American people -- 10 years ago if we'd had an energy strategy, we would be able to diversify away from foreign dependence. And -- but we haven't done that. And now we find ourselves in the fix we're in." As is so often the case, Bush was lying.
Consider President Jimmy Carter's April 18, 1977 speech. Since it was given nearly three decades ago, when many of the reporters in Bush's White House were children, it's understandable that they don't remember it. But it's inexcusable that Bush and the mainstream media (which, after all, has the ability to do research) would completely ignore it. It was the speech that established the strategic petroleum reserve, birthed the modern solar power industry, led to the insulation of millions of American homes, and established America's first national energy policy. "With the exception of preventing war," said Jimmy Carter, a man of peace, "this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes."
He added: "It is a problem we will not solve in the next few years, and it is likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. "We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0503-22.htm
Note: this piece was written in 2005 so it would now be 34 years ago. We've lost over 30 years;we can no longer afford to "take the slow route" and now all we have left is a WWII style all-out effort to get rid of polluting energy and polluting industries.
Zero carbon energy sources are, fortunately for us, abundant and we have the technology TODAY to start. We need no more studies, no more lobbyists, we need action and we need it now, on a grand scale.
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