The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf is assuming near biblical proportions, destroying large swaths of the environment and the livelihood of thousands upon thousands of our fellow citizens. The disaster has exacerbated our complete loss of trust in the oil industry to develop our natural resources, or our national patrimony on federal lands or at sea in a way that benefits all Americans rather than simply the bottom line of the oil companies. As presently constituted the oil/concession system itself is an abomination that has benefited no one but the oil companies at great cost to the nation as a whole. As to the environmental expense of an industry as currently constituted, one need go no further than the front page of any newspaper on this day.
It is long past time that the nation's citizens reclaim their national patrimony, the oil, gas and shale oil deposits on Federal lands and the Continental Shelf. The revenues from oil and gas deposits should be channeled toward developing alternative energy sources as a cornerstone of a viable program for breaking our increasingly dangerous dependency on fossil fuels.
Such a program could be modeled after the world's third largest energy exporter (after Saudi Arabia and Russia), Norway's Petroleum Directorate. The stated objective of the Directorate is to create the greatest value for Norwegian society from Norway's oil and gas deposits. This has been accomplished safely with enormous benefits to all Norwegians.
We could do the same by creating a National Renewable Energy Trust to explore and develop in a viable and safe way to harvest energy deposits on national lands and the Continental Shelf. Such a program would be a boon to the nation, especially if proceeds were dedicated to a massively funded alternative energy program.
As a nation we are not without examples of major government initiatives paralleling the private sector. In the depth of the Depression President Roosevelt, with courage and imagination, sought different solutions and different thinking to deal with the crippling economic conditions facing the nation. He asked Congress to mandate the creation of a "corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed with the flexibility and initiative of private enterprise." On May 18, 1933 the Congress passed the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) to revitalize the economically devastated Tennessee Valley in power generation, river navigation, flood control, reforestation and erosion control. The TVA's success in all these areas was and continues to be outstanding. To this day the TVA pursues an aggressive clean air program and is on track to meet its commitments to achieve 80-85 percent of 1977 sulfur dioxide emission levels by the end of this year. The TVA has consistently aimed to set a standard for public responsibility against which private companies could be measured.
Another example of "hands on government" in times of national need: During World War I the nation's railroads were nationalized and administered by the U.S. Railroad Administration to great effect, making a major contribution to the war effort.
The National Petroleum Directorate is a source of particular pride to the Norwegian people. Isn't it time for us to harness our national patrimony for the nation's and future generations' well being? The time for a National Renewable Energy Trust is now!
We need to enforce private property rights, and get the government out of the property/mineral rights business.
Overrun by war and uncontrolled greed
Our world becomes more dangerous each day.
Dishonest politicians, criminals and the media
Survive by their falsehoods at play.
Bible believers preach, that the end is near
Our world as a whole is beyond reform.
God will eradicate all, which is wicked
By His fire of eruption and storm.
To evil’s victory, I will never concede
May its supporters anguish in hell.
By the grace of God and the power of faith
The goodness of man will prevail.
What greed has done, Heaven will measure
As patriots respond to the blunders of man.
Protect and defend what we love till death
As tar balls pollute the air, sea and land.
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I think its time to let 'em know we're not gonna brush this aside
and hit 'em where it apparently hurts them the most.
BOYCOTT BP!
Revolutionary cost-competitive, renewable, technologies are beginning to emerge.
Moving Beyond Oil and The Brooklyn Project at; http://www.aesopinstitute.org discuss some new possibilities and the surprising urgency.
Breakthrough, inherently decentralized, technologies are moving forward in several countries.
However, the science is new and difficult to accept.
Fortunately, government and independent labs are increasingly involved and practical applications are on the horizon.
As we can see in the Gulf, fossil fuels threaten to sharply impact life on earth much more quickly and severely than is generally realized.
Another hit will be oil prices, which could exceed $100 per barrel in a matter of months. That can abort economic recovery.
With one example of new science and technology, a barrel of ordinary water can replace 200 barrels of oil. A gallon or two might power a future hybrid car 1,000 miles.
The oil catastrophe in the Gulf is an alarm clock!
Time to accelerate the development of breakthrough alternatives as rapidly as is humanly possible!
A 24/7 development program is pending and is ready to be born. It will not take much in the way of money or leadership to accelerate the birth!
'HYDRINOS' OFFER CHEAP POWER FOR THE WORLD:
BlackLight Process concept car gets1,500 miles on a liter of water
by Joe Shea
CNN iReporter
BRADENTON, Fla., March 25, 2010 -- There's a new word in this world; it's "hydrino," and it will change us forever.
In scientific papers of such complexity that few will understand the theory, a team of American, Indian and Chinese scientists at BlackLight Power, inc., in Cranbury, N.J., have published proof of a new state of the hydrogen atom called the "hydrino" that may soon fuel everything from batteries to interplanetary travel and non-polluting, low-cost power generation plants.
The company announced March 19 that it has won a seventh contract from an Italian company, Geoenergie SpA, a subsidary of Geogreen and the RadiciGroup, for a hydrino reactor that will produce 750 megawatts of power, and $10 million in new investment to add to $61 million already raised with its prototype 50- and 75-kilowatt reactors.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-402579
Only solar wind and waste bio fuels can supply all the worlds energy needs, clean, safe, cheaper in the long run, 2-6 cents now, installable in 12 years, and usable forever.
end all fossil and nukes subsides, grants, breaks, and plow that into green energy.
End the spills, the wards for oil, the Chernobyl's, and the damage done by coal.
The problem is that most people see the soundbytes "solar in deserts" and think "great." Meanwhile, Big Solar is HUGELY DESTRUCTIVE and COMPLETELY UNNEEDED. All we need is rooftop solar on existing rooftops, parking lots and in-city brownfields and we can FULLY POWER the US once we get improved storage solutions online. Until then, we can hit over 50% (peak loads are over 50% and roughly correspond with rooftop solar output) with backup from existing gas peaker plants.
We cannot let BP, Shell, Chevron and Goldman Sachs (who are the Big Solar companies!) permanently destroy millions more acres of healthy, functioning ecosystems for private profits. We have a shot at A DEMOCRATICALLY OWNED DECENTRALIZED POWER GRID because PV works on light, not heat. Solar of both types is LESS productive when exposed to desert heat!!
Please keep your focus on a renewable paradigm that will HELP the planet and ratepayers and PREVENT another Big Energy century!
BP, like many of our modern corporations, operate with impunity and pay billions in fines in exchange for despoiling the environment mercilessly.