An Un American Lack of Vision
I think one of the most annoying things about the far-right and far-left is their stubborn lack of vision. Neither of them can think more than a minute or two ahead. The result is they are constantly as they used to say "a day late and a dollar short."
A perfect example are the issues of energy and global warming. The far-left howls about how Humanity is doomed unless we retreat to the 14th Century while the far-right denies that a problem exists and blames the whole thing on those they hate. They both agree on one thing: blame the other guy.
Basically, the problem is technological and like just about every other technological problem, technology is the solution.
The immediate problem is to port our civilization away from fossil fuels. There are short term and long term solutions. The short term solutions involve converting coal fired power plants to natural gas, building wind farms and solar farms. At the same time, we replace our aging nuclear fission power plants with new, more modern ones while simultaneously adding new fission plants. It's a project that can easily take most of the next two decades.
In the meantime, the nuclear fusion power plant in France comes on line. It may take a decade to work out the bugs; but by 2030, nuclear fusion plants will sprouting everywhere. With an inexhaustible supply of fuel and virtually no pollution of any kind, nuclear fusion solves two problems at the same time.
Of course, people will have to be convinced to surrender their gas powered cars for electric ones, but after a Tesla smokes Bubba in his fat pickup or his fat SUV three times at three stop lights in a row (it actually wouldn't help if Bubba drove his Challenger because the Tesla does 0-60 in 3.9 seconds) and spends only $.80 a day doing it, he will want a Tesla or an electric car even faster than the Tesla.
Yes, Virginia, it's entirely possible that future freeways and expressways will have special 150 mph lanes reserved for fully automated, high speed electric cars that wisk their passengers to their destinations.
Message to the far right and the far left: get over yourselves. While you are howling and crying and holding your breaths (and generally behaving like two-year-olds), the rest of us are doing what it takes to make this world a happier and better place to live.
A perfect example are the issues of energy and global warming. The far-left howls about how Humanity is doomed unless we retreat to the 14th Century while the far-right denies that a problem exists and blames the whole thing on those they hate. They both agree on one thing: blame the other guy.
Basically, the problem is technological and like just about every other technological problem, technology is the solution.
The immediate problem is to port our civilization away from fossil fuels. There are short term and long term solutions. The short term solutions involve converting coal fired power plants to natural gas, building wind farms and solar farms. At the same time, we replace our aging nuclear fission power plants with new, more modern ones while simultaneously adding new fission plants. It's a project that can easily take most of the next two decades.
In the meantime, the nuclear fusion power plant in France comes on line. It may take a decade to work out the bugs; but by 2030, nuclear fusion plants will sprouting everywhere. With an inexhaustible supply of fuel and virtually no pollution of any kind, nuclear fusion solves two problems at the same time.
Of course, people will have to be convinced to surrender their gas powered cars for electric ones, but after a Tesla smokes Bubba in his fat pickup or his fat SUV three times at three stop lights in a row (it actually wouldn't help if Bubba drove his Challenger because the Tesla does 0-60 in 3.9 seconds) and spends only $.80 a day doing it, he will want a Tesla or an electric car even faster than the Tesla.
Yes, Virginia, it's entirely possible that future freeways and expressways will have special 150 mph lanes reserved for fully automated, high speed electric cars that wisk their passengers to their destinations.
Message to the far right and the far left: get over yourselves. While you are howling and crying and holding your breaths (and generally behaving like two-year-olds), the rest of us are doing what it takes to make this world a happier and better place to live.
