More Energy Thought

Several bloggers discuss energy issues facing America. Greenboy at Needlenose describes the fortunes of Changing World Technologies, a company that claims to be able to convert virtually any organic matter into fuel grade oil. Over at Daily Kos Darksyde notes that our world is awash in energy from multiple sources; all we need to do is learn how to harness that energy.

Perhaps the most distressing aspect of America's hysteria over high fuel prices is the lack of similar attention for other issues. Greenboy nails it:

It's really sad when you think about it, though. The mess in Iraq? All those civilian dead? The lives of American soldiers squandered? The hundreds of billions wasted on losing wars? The Katrina fiasco? Lay/DeLay/Libby/Rove/Cunningham/Etc.? Have we sunk so low as a people that our overriding concern is the cost to fill up our tanks?

That would be "Yes".