It seems obvious to me that there is no legitimate immediate demand for alternative fuel sources. The "inconvenient" pressure from eco-left had everyone in the country feeling guilty about our energy consumption. At least over the past year and a half. So much so, that certain presidential candidates didn't want us to drive SUV's anymore (huh!?!) Even our #1 cash crop was ravaged for the sake of ethanol. All for the making energy cheaper and of course more eco-friendly. Well, my question is...where are the demands now? Where is the political and social outcry?
It's seems funny, with the current national average for a gallon of gas hovering around $2.92 and not $3.92 like it was at the peak of the inquisition, we don't hear the vitriolic pro-wind, pro-bio fuel rhetoric quite as much. What has happened? Where are all the T. Boone Pickens commercials that inundated the airways not so long ago? Where is Al Gore telling us that we are melting the Polar Bear population into extinction? Has the need for alternative fuels and the salvation of our planet suddenly disappeared now that gas prices have sunk below $3? Or is it the same old scare tactic from the eco-left that has been seen as transparent once again?
We do need energy independence, however. We need to tap our own resources (oil and natural gas) while seeking other forms of viable future energy. But we need to accomplish this intelligently and comprehensively. We don't need the knee jerk reaction "end of the world" scenarios forced down our throats every time the price of gas goes up.
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