We could probably have cheap oil, if the environmentalists would let us drill off our coast and in Alaska, by they won't so there is no more cheap oil.
So, in the mean time, what else can we do? Well, why not forgo lotto tickets for a year or even three years.
Save up all those dollars and invest in an alternative energy startup.
Let's face it, you were going to loose all that money you used to buy lottery tickets anyway.
So the fact that your alternative energy startup is very likely to fail and take all your lottery ticket money with it is hardly a great loss.
On the other hand, you get to take discretionary cash and push forward something that might give the US freedom from foreign oil.
Dick Cheney and George Bush will just take your tax dollars and make more oil wars.
That way Dick Cheney's old corporate buddies will get richer and George Bush's old oil buddies will get richer.
If you are going to change the equation you have to channel money in a direction that Bush and Cheney can't touch and the environmentalist can't mess with.
In addition to your lottery money you could invest other discretionary money.
Give up cigarettes and invest that money.
Stop drinking those expensive lattes and drink coffee at home instead.
Invest that money in an alternative energy start up company.
For you providers of every day luxury items, I have you covered too.
You can launch a pre-emptive strike against my idea.
Tell your customers they can still keep consuming your product guilt free because you got 'em covered.
You are moving against me in a two pronged assault.
On the one hand you are seeking out partners for the goods and services you consume who use only domestic sources of energy.
On the other hand you are personally investing in alternative sources of energy which can be used in your business.
Your buildings are powered by solar cells.
Your corporate vehicles are powered off cooking oil.
You know the drill.
Private individuals and companies can do things on a voluntary basis.
Government can mandate what it does.
I think government mandates are best used on the government itself and should rarely be used on individuals.
The government end of things would mirror the action that the luxury providers can take.
All government from the local to the federal level should be mandated to only buy US made goods-including energy.
All government buildings and vehicles must be powered by domestic sources of fuel only.
This is a national security and economic security issue.
Imagine the federal government doing something in the national interest just this once.
It would sure beat what's going on now.
Watching George Bush kowtow to the Saudis for cheaper oil is nauseating.
Last time I checked, 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9-11 where Saudis.
Osama Bin Laden is a Saudi.
Many of the suicide bombers in Iraq were Saudi.
I think we have had enough of Saudi exports.
If only we could get the environmentalists to let us drill cheap oil off our coasts and in Alaska.
Maybe if we beg...