IS MORE OIL THE ANSWER?

The Week pulls out some interesting thoughts from around the country on the oil crisis hitting our country.

One of the most compelling comes from Thomas Friedman in the New York Times.

“The very last thing America needs at the moment is more oil, said Friedman, “…Oil is poisoning our climate and our geopolitics,” and that we need to start weaning ourselves from our addiction and finding alternative sources of energy.

For that reason, high oil prices are actually a good thing, because they’ll help drive conservation, open the door to new nuclear power plants and trigger “massive investments” in renewable sources such as wind, solar and solar thermal.

“Our addict-in-chief (George Bush) though would rather offer Americans “one more toke on the old oil pipe,” with a wink and a promise: “Next year, we’ll go straight.”