Suicidal Nation: Part 1
It is normal for a people to look out for their own self interests. A reasonable man will determine what he needs to survive, find a source of the things he needs and defend it to survive. Only a fool would choose to be cold, thirsty and starving. If an otherwise reasonable man refused to find fuel, food and water or allowed others to jeopardize his survival by controlling his access to these necessities one would deem him suicidal.
Twenty first century Americans are either fools or suicidal. We have adopted policies that will lead to decline and eventual collapse. In the next few postings I intend to elaborate on what I believe are the suicidal policies of this nation.
Energy
The civilizational success of a nation is founded upon it's access to affordable energy. A nation that can't afford to grow food, manufacture goods, transport people, food and goods will soon experience civilizational collapse.
We refuse to explore or drill for new oil, pursue coal gasification, build coal-fired or nuclear electrical generation plants. If that weren't bad enough, our leadership has bought into the global warming scam hook, line and sinker.
The current $135 per barrel oil price means that the US will spend 750 billion dollars on imported oil every year. It is estimated that carbon cap and trade will cost the US economy an additional $500 billion per year. Nine percent of the US gross domestic product will leave the US bound for places that are mostly run by totalitarians.
Energy costs are part of every product we use in our daily lives. Agriculture is oil intensive both in terms of fuel and fertilizer so food prices have increased. Every product that is manufactured or transported has an imported energy cost inflation added to the price. Those increased costs do not stay in the US but move overseas, diminishing our economy.
The US has the world's largest coal reserves and large gas and oil deposits that could be tapped. The wealth generated by harvesting these fossil fuels would remain in our economy. But environmentalists believe that using these energy resources is a sin against Gaia. They would rather destroy this nation and leave US citizens poor, cold and hungry than tap domestic energy resources.
Nuclear energy is more expensive than use of fossil fuels and poses spent fuel disposal problems but is a better alternative than collapsing our economy. But the environmentalists have nixed building any new plants.
Dreamers believe that wind, solar, hydrogen and biomass generated power can supplant fossil fuels before we destroy our economy and civilization. I see no evidence that these technologies can be developed and deployed soon enough to save us.
Our lack of national energy policy is suicidal. Our economy will slowly suffocate resulting in decline of our standard of living. Disorder and loss of rights will follow leading to permanent decline of our civilization.
Thugs that reap fortunes from our suicidal policy will do their best to hasten our demise. Declining American wealth will make it impossible to project our ideals of freedom in the world. Eventually we will be unable afford to project military power around the globe as we retire carrier fleets, air wings and infantry battalions. Thugs will use their vast fortunes to fill the void we leave. A new Dark Age will descend upon the globe.
Twenty first century Americans are either fools or suicidal. We have adopted policies that will lead to decline and eventual collapse. In the next few postings I intend to elaborate on what I believe are the suicidal policies of this nation.
Energy
The civilizational success of a nation is founded upon it's access to affordable energy. A nation that can't afford to grow food, manufacture goods, transport people, food and goods will soon experience civilizational collapse.
We refuse to explore or drill for new oil, pursue coal gasification, build coal-fired or nuclear electrical generation plants. If that weren't bad enough, our leadership has bought into the global warming scam hook, line and sinker.
The current $135 per barrel oil price means that the US will spend 750 billion dollars on imported oil every year. It is estimated that carbon cap and trade will cost the US economy an additional $500 billion per year. Nine percent of the US gross domestic product will leave the US bound for places that are mostly run by totalitarians.
Energy costs are part of every product we use in our daily lives. Agriculture is oil intensive both in terms of fuel and fertilizer so food prices have increased. Every product that is manufactured or transported has an imported energy cost inflation added to the price. Those increased costs do not stay in the US but move overseas, diminishing our economy.
The US has the world's largest coal reserves and large gas and oil deposits that could be tapped. The wealth generated by harvesting these fossil fuels would remain in our economy. But environmentalists believe that using these energy resources is a sin against Gaia. They would rather destroy this nation and leave US citizens poor, cold and hungry than tap domestic energy resources.
Nuclear energy is more expensive than use of fossil fuels and poses spent fuel disposal problems but is a better alternative than collapsing our economy. But the environmentalists have nixed building any new plants.
Dreamers believe that wind, solar, hydrogen and biomass generated power can supplant fossil fuels before we destroy our economy and civilization. I see no evidence that these technologies can be developed and deployed soon enough to save us.
Our lack of national energy policy is suicidal. Our economy will slowly suffocate resulting in decline of our standard of living. Disorder and loss of rights will follow leading to permanent decline of our civilization.
Thugs that reap fortunes from our suicidal policy will do their best to hasten our demise. Declining American wealth will make it impossible to project our ideals of freedom in the world. Eventually we will be unable afford to project military power around the globe as we retire carrier fleets, air wings and infantry battalions. Thugs will use their vast fortunes to fill the void we leave. A new Dark Age will descend upon the globe.
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