LeoTheDog

Obama's Green Obsession: More Harm Than Good?

Interesting thesis. I suppose you prefer the approach of George W. Bush, on whose watch the economy just thrived.

Did you ever stop to think for a moment that one of the reasons that Obama has taken to this idea is that it addresses SEVERAL problems at the same time? Whether every dollar invested in green technologies is the most efficient use of that dollar in a purely economic sense is not the issue. America is dependent upon a very dirty, very expensive energy source that comes from nations that are largely hostile to our interests.

Investing in green technologies WILL create jobs (economic benefit), while at the same time reducing our reliance on oil (environmental benefit) from hostile countries (national security benefit). A reliance on the free market with respect to America's energy needs, an approach you seem to want to continue, has disrupted our economy, polluted the planet (placing us in far greater risk over time than you seem to understand) and created incentives for the US to invade and occupy foreign countries at great human and financial cost.

Could it possibly be that the incoming president sees the BIG PICTURE a little more clearly than you?