This amusing video from Jon Stewart on the U.S.’s endless presidential promises that it will become energy dependent is also sad. Why? Because rather than simply showing how craven and stupid politicians are, it shows the scale and increasing impossibility of energy transition in a highly developed and energy-intensive economy.
In short, we can’t wean ourselves from foreign oil because we can’t wean ourselves from oil, and we can’t wean ourselves from oil because it’s a fucking hard problem given the inadequacy of competitive technologies, and our unwillingness to change a damn thing about how we live. Pretending that this is about Republicans, Democrats, or random acts of presidents is, however entertainingly intended, part of the problem.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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