been researching the energy issue now for a little bit, have come to discover that it is an amazingly complicated issue, but that seems to be heavily influenced by degrees of inaccurate information and simply just hidden information. the simple 'drill more' and 'alternative fuels' just doesn't seem to appease me.

anyways we could have an entire thread on the reality of alternative energies, which isn't nearly as simple as we'd like to think, but id like this thread for the purpose behind this video, at least for starters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaDel...-prices-4.html

im not too smart so i need a lot more information to develop a conclusion, but it looks like its likely that our oil issues are heavily influenced not by deteriorating supply (which is definitely a huge issue, but possibly not the most prominent at this point in time), but by manipulation of the market by those who own the oil. if true, then alternative energy isn't a solution simply because that market can be manipulated as well. the real solution is to annihilate the manipulation

pretty eye opening vid imo. i think i like that msnbc program thingie