tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280167566310169316.post520193638642999323..comments2023-10-18T07:44:33.534-07:00Comments on Wuerthner On the Environment: Media complicity in oil dependencyGeorge Wuerthnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14370328525510284333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280167566310169316.post-53126846729121556422008-10-02T16:59:00.000-07:002008-10-02T16:59:00.000-07:00nationalize the oil industry.nationalize the oil industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280167566310169316.post-37399347312865780402008-10-01T16:01:00.000-07:002008-10-01T16:01:00.000-07:00Sadly, Americans DO live in that fantasy world you...Sadly, Americans DO live in that fantasy world you describe of not knowing where their oil comes from or how much America has "in reserve."<BR/><BR/>Even the well-publicized messages from T. Boone Pickens and British Petroleum do not seem to be altering the fantasy.<BR/><BR/>One can only hope to educate legislators or elect new ones that understand. McCain-Palin certainly do not understand and are not educable. In a sense, I suppose, the economists are right: the market will help us decide that oil is too costly--but probably only after more tragic & costly mistakes that make the Iraqi war & current ecological devastation in places like Alaska's North Slope look trivial...EcoRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.com