Posted by
Conrado Brenna on Friday, July 03, 2009 8:51:06 AM
After it very narrowly passed by the legislation, the cap-and-trade policy
to invest on green industries was very controversial. It was supposed to help
global warming, even if we don’t even know it exists. So, what’s the real
meaning of green? In the following, rather short post, we will be discussing
the meaning and the possible use of green technology. Is it truly made to fully
help the environment? In my opinion, the green technology is meant to, in part,
help the environment, yet majorly to make the United States independent from
the Middle Eastern nations, from which it buys its oil supply from. This is a
very possible answer, considering the major struggle of the United States to
get its oil, even in tough times like a recession. The local oil production is
not enough to satisfy the needs, as it is shown by all the transactions between
the U.S. and OPEC, and other oil exporters. Just imagine, the whole world would
change if another source of energy was found to work. The supply and demand
scheme would change completely, if a mineral or chemical product found in the
U.S. was to work as a source of energy. The U.S. would soon be selling this new
energy source all over the world! Then, why is it that the government calls
this technology green, making the population think that its main objective is
to help the environment, while the real objective is the one discussed in the
latter sentences? Why can’t the government be clear on this, and let us know,
the citizens, the real things that they are doing with our tax money?