| Almost all wars and terrorism in the world can be | | | | build terawatts of new nuclear power plans and miles |
| stopped. Almost all dictators and tyrants can be | | | | of new oil refineries in Mexico and that we send the |
| rendered powerless. All we have to do is to stop | | | | power back to the states via pipelines, power lines, |
| paying them. An alarming amount of the money | | | | hydrogen, or whatever works. This will provide work |
| Western nations pay for oil is going into the coffers | | | | for Mexicans and energy for us. The Mexican |
| of people who terrorists and dictators. All we have | | | | government will have a large incentive to make the |
| to do defund the world's most violent criminals is to | | | | plants secure and this increased security might even |
| become energy independent. | | | | spill over to the borders and make our borders more |
| In the first phase of energy independence we get as | | | | secure. |
| much energy as possible from resources which we | | | | While phase one is going on we need to start on |
| own or which are in the hands of friendly, stable | | | | phase 2. In this phase we bring online as many green |
| nations. First we build new nuclear power plants in | | | | and renewable technologies as are currently viable |
| every state. If the French can make nuclear work | | | | and put as much money as is needed into producing |
| what excuse do we have? In addition, we drill for oil | | | | more. I would suggest that the model cities be built in |
| off all our coastal waters and we build new refineries | | | | the west and south-anywhere that it does not get |
| and pipelines in every state. Existing energy | | | | cold enough to snow. The idea is to build small towns |
| companies are making plenty of money in the current | | | | or cities that will go cold turkey. There will be no |
| climate of false scarcity. We will have to find away | | | | fossil fuels of any kind allowed in these cities. All |
| around them. Usually way around greedy energy | | | | vehicles and houses will be powered by wind, solar |
| companies would require political will. However, almost | | | | and bio-mass. The best locations would be those that |
| all existing politicians are in the pocket of the energy | | | | have year around wind, sun and enough farming in |
| companies. This includes democrats and republicans. | | | | the area to produce the bio mass. These |
| So every politician currently in office needs to be | | | | experimental towns would be off the power grid. |
| thrown out. Anyone who works for or who owns an | | | | The only way to get power to them would be to |
| existing conventional energy company is in my view | | | | make the green and renewable technologies work. |
| disqualified for public office. We already know from | | | | Volunteers who truly believe that the future is green |
| the Bush/Cheney experience that such politicians will | | | | would be invited to apply for residency. We would |
| work in a way contrary to the national security of | | | | probably take engineers and farmers over other |
| the United States and will start pointless wars for oil. | | | | types because we would need people who were |
| Merely having new politicians willing to clear the legal | | | | skilled in keeping the power conversion machinery |
| minefields laid down by oil bought senators and | | | | going and others who don't mind the get your hand |
| congressmen might not be enough. We might have | | | | dirty hard work of farming. |
| to get a little bolder. Therefore I suggest that we | | | | |