Things That Just Do Not Make Sense

Those of you who know me know that I have spent more than ten years with the Secretary of the Navy.  What does not make sense to me is why we as a nation continue to build ships that run on gas, oil or diesel fuel.  We as a nation have an entire fleet deployed to the Gulf to protect and ensure that our need for oil yet this fleet could be shut off in an instant if the oil producing nations decided to shut off our access to imported oil.  While some of you would say well we still have carriers and submarines, I remind you that the carriers can only function under a constant umbrella of air power and surface ships to act in a protective manner.  Our aircraft can be kept on deck again simply by shutting off our access to imported oil. 

We as a nation need to step back and examine the role oil plays in our national and global policies and realize that the Middle East can shut us down as a Global Super Power simply by shutting us off at the gas pump.  We as a nation need to refocus our policies toward developing alternative fuel sources such as hydrogen, nuclear, synthetic fuels alternatives such as bio-diesel, ethanol and other fuels which can allow planes to operate safely.

We are at a time in our history where we are losing our credibility as a Super Power both militarily and economically.  While we as a nation have an unemployment close to 24.5% we need to make efforts to put American's back to work through or ability to be innovative and resourceful by creating jobs that will focus on alternative fuel sources and by becoming a nation completely green and independent of any importation of oil products.  Ships need to be built utilizing hydrogen or nuclear for propulsion and not gasoline.  A national agenda to go completely green including our military and modernize our military forces for the 21st and 22nd century would develop millions of new jobs while creating a stronger more robust military force.

Our economy is in a sorry state, a national green initiative is an agenda equivalent to FDR's great work projects during the great depression. I urge you all to demand congress/senate to initiate a national green policy.