tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408185959146294592.post3438855445388354647..comments2023-10-19T07:33:10.019-05:00Comments on Intelligent Ignorance: Water Is The New Oil?Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824521615648602792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408185959146294592.post-80741479709390661222008-06-13T06:56:00.000-05:002008-06-13T06:56:00.000-05:00This whole energy crisis is a lot more complicated...This whole energy crisis is a lot more complicated than most will admit. There are alternative sources of energy out there but none are as cheap and easy as coal, oil, and natural gas. Corn can be used for ethanol, but you can make ethanol more efficiently by importing sugar cane. Of course the farm lobby made sure there's a restriction on sugar cane imports. Plus when you grown corn for ethanol you increase the price of other crops that have to compete for the same farm land. Essentially we're going to have suffer for a while before we get through this. We'll have to build smaller cars, smaller houses, and more efficient products, all while developing alternative energy sources, and this is very costly, which is why we can't do it immediately. Thus we will have to deal with high gas prices for some time. And no presidential candidate can do a damn thing about that. Economics cannot be controlled by the government. All the government can do is move money around through taxes and subsidies. Damn I almost sound like a Republican.Jermelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013701540188062346noreply@blogger.com