I recently read 2 articles that I haven't been able to get out of my mind. These are both amazing articles and well worth the read. Seriously, print them out and read them on the shitter at work. It's what I do and there's no better way to pass the time.
1. Why Big Oil companies are seriously worried about the state of the world, even after coming off a year with record profits (Business Week). Basically, these companies don't have many more places to drill for oil. If the new wells aren't in a hostile country (Venezuela, Middle East), they're in a remote part of the world (Alaska, Siberia).
2. Al Gore is using technology to bring environmentalism to the forefront of the business world (Wired). With an impressive presentation that compiles the dangers facing the world's ecosystem, he's convincing more and more businesses leaders to go green.
I believe energy is going to be the most important issue facing the country in the next decade. With gas at $3 a gallon and a raging war funding the terrorists we're trying to defeat, there has never, ever been a more opportune time to look for other energy sources that will give the US more independence and a strong economy not based on foreign suppliers.
This is not unprecedented in the world. Dateline had a report saying that Brazil is at least 10 years ahead of us, utilizing ethanol as a new energy option. GM is selling "flex" cars (they run on both gas and ethanol) at record numbers in Brazil... all while sales plummet back here at home. Brazil recently announced that it no longer needs to import any more oil. Can you imagine?!? Helping the economy AND gaining energy independence. It's too good to be true!
Will Al Gore run again? I doubt it. He's having more success in the private sector than in politics. Would he be a better candidate today than in 2000? Hell yeah. His message is more tailored to the American economy (green technologies makes $en$e). Environmentalism is no longer a hippies-only issue. Any part he plays in making a change for the better is time well spent.
P.S. Remember the big energy crisis in California a few years back? I doubt voters have forgotten. California has 55 electoral votes, which makes energy all that much worthwhile to a campaign.
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