Declare War on Oil Before It’s Too Late

Christopher Ruddy’s commentary on Oil – “Declare War on Oil before it’s too late!” - was interesting.

In part he writes:

Imagine if President Bush, after 9/11, simply declared war on oil and put the whole nation behind ending our crippling dependence on it.

Imagine if we had spent the money we allocated to the war in Iraq toward eliminating the oil addiction. The tab for the Iraq war hovers around the $1 trillion mark and grows at a clip of at least $12 billion a month. The Congressional Budget Office projects that the cost through 2017, including hidden costs such as veterans’ benefits, could total $2.4 trillion.

Here’s how such a war might work…

Really, why keep subsidizing our enemies?

Investment domestically would create many jobs in the US and also spawn new opportunities for small and home based business.