We actually have the technology, but the Military Industrial Complex, and Big Business have been shelving the alternatives for 6 decades or longer.
Nope, look at all the time and money spent on Cancer and we still haven’t cured it.
Not sure where you’re getting your Iraq numbers from…but the Official Report to Congress in the URL#1 below lists the total cost of Iraq, Afganistan and other Global War on Terrorism to be $700Billion covering FY2001-FY2008.
You may not support the Iraq War, but if Vietnam was adjusted for todays cost…what do you think that War would cost? You have JFK to thank for getting us into that Civil War.
US Deaths should be appalling, but Iraq has seen 4000+ over four years…Vietnam saw 47,378 US Dead over eleven years, with 14,594 killed in 1968 alone. URL#2 below.
I’m also curious as to your sources for the Green Technology which has been around for 6 decades? Is this something we supposedly got from Roswell?
Alternative Energy in general has been available for many decades in the form of Propane. It was never adopted because there was no infra-structure to sell Propane around the country like we do at Gas Stations. This is the same thing that will plaque Hydrogen Fuel Cells and other options.
Probably the most Green Technology out there…when you consider what pollution is generated for the whole technology is Nuclear. The pollution generated to produce components for Solar and Wind Technology is much higher…it’s why some Environmental Groups are now backing Nuclear as a viable option.
People are also confusing Renewable Energy with Green Energy. Biofuels, especially corn-based, cause more pollution (including Greenhouse Gases) than Fossil Fuels. There are several sources which cite the problems with Biofuels, but Time Magazine is a familiar source and you don’t have to worry about some obscure site you’ve never heard of. URL#3 is below. It also costs us rainforests worldwide, artificially high food costs in the US and artificial food shortages worldwide…which we can see right now.
Hell, if we stopped all the Entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare / Medicaid, Welfare and others…we would remove over 2/3 of the estimated $9.4Trillion National Budget for this year alone. That’s over $6Trillion available to research Alternative Green Energy.
The scary part is that less than 1/3 of that estimated National Budget goes to the Military, Operating the actual Government, National Parks, the EPA, NASA, Homeland Security, FEMA and everything else. URL#4 below.
The Entitlements will continue to grow, especially the Social Security debt…our Surplus has already been spent and is secured by Government IOUs. Those IOUs will need to be repaid with interest by future generations…talk about mortgaging our childrens future!
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