2006 Soap Box Archives

No End In Sight 08/04/06

I am, and I know you are, disgusted with the price of gasoline and diesel
fuel. It's spiraling out of control with no end in sight and it seems that
everybody is powerless to do anything about it.

Petroleum companies make record profits and regardless of what they say I
feel sure that there is gouging going on in certain places. But that is not
really the root of our problem and the root of our problem is a two edged
sword.

Edge one, there is not an infinite supply of fossil fuel anywhere on earth.
While there may be resources to last us for many years, the reality is that
one of these days we are going to run out.

Edge two, depending on the Middle East and Southwest Asia for our energy
needs is like playing Russian roulette with five bullets in the cylinder.
Any sane person with enough sense to pour water out of a boot with the
directions on the heel knows that the source could cease at any time.

What would happen if just one nuclear device was exploded in the middle of
the oil fields and they became uninhabitable for years?

The money we spend on Middle Eastern oil is going directly to buy weapons
for the people who want to destroy us. And the environmental lobby has
Congress' gonads so firmly ensconced in it's hot little hand that we aren't
really doing anything meaningful about it.

We have plenty of oil in the ground in America but we can't go after it
because we may disturb the natural habitat of the double-breasted red
stroodnoodle or some microscopic doodlebug.

Now let me say this, I am 100% in favor of getting off fossil fuel
altogether, but that's going to take some time to develop.

So what do we do? Let¹s apply a little cowboy logic. It works like this.

Let's build a couple of new refineries and pump our own crude out of the
ground until we can get our alternate sources up and running. And we should have an all out, private and government funded crash program to produce ethanol and other energy sources

It's actually not rocket science. Brazil has had and used this technology
for decades. It would just take a commitment on our part.

This would do two things. It would remove our lower anatomy from the hands of fanatics and the drop in oil revenues in that troubled region would significantly reduce the amount of money they have to spend on weapons, making the world a safer place.

And imagine what a giant new industry like alternative fuel would do for the
economy of America.

It's either that or bring back the horse and buggy.

Pray for our troops.

What do you think?

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

August 4, 2006