Are the Majority of American Citizens Willing to Work together to Achieve Energy Independence?
Question:
Can't disrupt the tourist trade. (Energy has better paying jobs)
Can't aggravate the hunters. (Surely we've got past this/why else are state and local governments looking into the impact of Breeding Farms for "Wildlife" and why are Auto Insurance rates rising)
What about the Wildlife. (Checkout the Alaskan Pipeline personally or try and find someone you know and trust to ask)
Reduced Property Values. (Most of these are built in Disaster Prone Areas anyway)
Alternative Energies. (All of these are now on somebodies NIMBY List)
Let's debate it and give YOUR personal experiences of Pro and Con, not reference to somebody else.
Can be any little impact in your daily life, not necessary to be of World Shaking Importance.
Answer:
I know I sure am. I'm tired of gas prices. Where we live we have our own natural gas well that we own, so we don't pay anything for heat and most of our appliances are natural gas, of course, because we don't have to pay for it. We live WAY out in the country and I'm researching wind energy currently. I mean before we had electricity, humans used wind power to grind wheat.windmills. I think technology is quite capable of making cars run on other things than gas but money makes the laws in the US...look at pharmaceutical companies. And as for hunting.we stand in our house and can shoot deer if we want to. We don't even have to get cold or wet, the deer come right up to our pond. We are on well water, so we don't have to pay for that resource either. The major financial drain for us is gas for our cars. Being way out in the country, there are not many, if any, good paying jobs, so commuting is essential. I still believe they are other sources to run an engine that do not involve a non-renewable resource but no company will ever make a car that runs on something cheaper. Money and greed make laws and legislation. There are no health reprucussions from our wells, that I know of or have seen any signs of. All our wildlife is healthy and active. I would sure like to see more wind turbines.
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