There is no national energy policy because there is no public will for one. Sure, blame Congress or President Bush or the oil companies, but we are the problem. Part of the reason is that life remains okay. -Gasoline now costs 4/gallon, and people complain, but Europeans pay twice this price, and Norwegians get by at an equivalent of more than 10/gallon. The various White House administrations and the Congress never treated energy as a high priority. Sure, lobbyists were very effective, but the fact of the matter is that the populace really did not care that much. Neither did we express much concern for global warming. We get what we deserve.-We have our priorities all wrong, and do nothing about it. For example, EACH NASA space shot is said to cost about a billion dollars. This is more than the annual Department of Energy renewable energy budget.-Each B-2 Stealth bomber sells for one billion dollars...no, make that 2 billion, including all development costs. A B-2 weighs 2.3 million troy ounces, which, if constructed of pure gold, would still cost 2 billion. Of course, it wouldn't be able to fly, but want more? -The U.S. Navy will outlay 160 million/year to man each Nimitz class aircraft carrier, and when the George Bush is christened (no joke, but this named for #41, H.W.) this year, there will be ten of them. The George W. Bush direct solar energy request is about half what it will cost to OPERATE ONE nuclear carrier! And we have ten of them...with no major enemy today!-The American public readily accepts this absurdity. Where are the priorities? What can you do about this? You can start by reading SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth (http://simplesolutionsbook1.com/) and SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity (http://simplesolutionsbook2.com/). -The world needs to spend not a few billion, but a trillion dollars over the next few years to minimize the crunch of Peak Oil and Global Warming. Remember, the Iraq War is said to have cost 2 trillion, so just one trillion should be simple. How? Tomorrow a proposal to our 44th POTUS (President of the United States). Also, Go Green! Details will be provided from Monday.-The price of oil for the week inched up to 127.35/barrel. Did I say we spend more than a billion dollars a day for gasoline?-
