And a Doltish Energy Policy, Too

Shorter Romney: "We will forever and ever and ever be running cars on gasoline, so who needs an energy policy?"

Really? I mean, never mind carbon footprint, never mind peak oil, never mind all of the other things that make a petroleum-based transportation system long-term unsustainable … we'll just close our eyes, lean back, and think of "a-bubblin' crude."

I am not handwaving aside the current technology issues with electric vehicles, nor the idea that not all non-oil/coal/gas energy sources are actually all that "clean." And I don't expect a non-petroleum car and truck fleet on the nation's highways in the next presidential term — or perhaps even not in my lifetime. Investment needs for clean(er) energies and alternative sources is non-trivial. I get it.

But the current system cannot continue indefinitely. And the sooner we realize that, and act on it, the sooner we can start changing it. Making asinine statements like the below shows that Romney's either an ignorant clod or pandering to the the ignorant clods (and petroleum contributors) of his party. He's putting off to another generation the need to start making the changes that will only be more urgent (and probably less affordable) then. Which is not leadership. #ddtb

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