Friday, 27 June 2008

The National Debt

How many trillions of dollars is the USA in debt? About 7 trillion I think. Gas prices is causing a lot of problems associated with the debt. A Dutch company is trying to bring algae based biodisel into reality. This is a great idea because some biofuels are based on corn, soy, and so on and those crops are better left for human food production.

http://www.algaelink.com/

Listen, the only way gas prices will fall is if demand for fuel goes down. That's the basic fact. Oh sure, OPEC will increase production but if we are the world's greatest technology based nation can't we start looking at more alternative energy alternatives? Until then cut back on the amount of driving to bare minimum distances.

The aircraft industry wants us to pay all of these surcharges because of the high costs of fuel. I think it's time we charge them for fees like lost baggage, delayed flights due to their errors, extremely overweight people sitting next to you when they should have two seats, etc.