Another Argument For Renewable Energy: No More Wars For Oil

[G_j]

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/09/16/heres-another-argument-for-renewable-energy-no-more-wars-for-oil/

This morning, the US is poised to initiate yet another war for oil. As if the trillions upon trillions of dollars already spent to “liberate” Kuwait and bring democracy to Iraq were not enough, now America is ready to punish Iran for allegedly supplying the drones used in a missile strike on oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia.

No one knows what actually happened yet, where the drones came from, or who controlled them, but world oil prices have shot up. Higher energy prices could act as a drag on a global economy that is already showing signs of slowing down.

Imagine if you will a world in which each country is able to meet its energy needs internally, using nothing but the natural abundance of sunshine, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, or tidal power. Think how the politics of the world would change if Europe didn’t have to depend on Russia for natural gas to heat its homes in winter.

What if the US didn’t have to rape its wildlife preserves and national parks just so it could boast it is the biggest energy exporter in the world? What if we didn’t have to suck up to totalitarian governments like Saudi Arabia, which cuts up its opponents with bone saws and disposes of the pieces in vats of acid?


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[Miguelito Loveless]

1. The electrons must flow...

Aside from the fossil fuel industry, the auto industry, and public utilities, renewable power is staunchly opposed by the military-industrial complex that makes trillions from all those wars.

[Joe941]

2. If the world moves away from oil energy then a lot of these...

Evil countries suddenly are insignificant. That would be a good thing.

[2naSalit]

3. Absofuckinglutely! ...nt