Future of Oil
by Glen Hiemstra on 15/09/08 at 7:26 am | 
Last week Friday, September 12, 2008 the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing on the future of energy. The session focused on such issues as off-shore drilling (drill baby drill) and alternatives.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island asked the most critical question:
WHITEHOUSE: Gentlemen, we’re in the middle of a near total mortgage system meltdown in this country. We have a health care system that burns 16 percent of our GDP, in which the Medicare liability alone has been estimated at $34 trillion. We’re burning $10 billion a month in Iraq.
This administration has run up $7.7 trillion in national debt, by our calculation. And there is worsening evidence every day of global warming, with worsening environmental, economic and national security ramifications. In light of those conditions, do any of you seriously contend that drilling for more oil is the number one issue facing the American people today?
(Long silent pause during which nobody answers.)
WHITEHOUSE: No, it doesn’t seem so.
Watch it here:
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Glen Hiemstra is a futurist speaker, consultant, blogger, internet TV show host and founder of Futurist.com. To arrange for a speech contact Futurist.com.
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