I am oh so sick of the dumbbell narratives of slowly phasing-in other energy sources.

[azul]

The corporate-owned media and financial pirates are lulling us all with the easy-does-it, don't-rock-the-boat BS oil stories of how we have to hunt it down and burn it all up before we can realistically switch over to expensive and untested energy sources. When we all are getting the clear picture that burning and obtaining oil is the source of much of the world's problems.


The imperative narrative that should be rolling over all this mad foot-dragging would be something like this:

Every barrel of oil burned now contributes to cooking the planet and supporting terrorist extremists, opposite the direction of a stable and peaceful world. We all should be abandoning this dead-end oil power as fast as possible and put all traction and effort behind using alternatives now. They work, and can easily work big given the proper investment and effort. This is the opportunity to create jobs and infrastructure to replace the defunct ones that we have ventured into at our peril.

We need to set a higher, more realistic price on gas to help with economic planning for businesses that are currently at the mercy of oil cartel and energy trader manipulations, and to use the higher taxes on gas to fund and subsidize sustainable, less destructive alternatives.

Say set the price at $5/gallon: the cost paid to pumpers and peddlers would vary $1-$4 to cover their costs and the difference to be the alternative funding tax.

Phase out oil as quickly as possible. National security and world wildlife crisis.