There is only one thing a President needs to do, and not a single candidate will do it. They need to outlaw the sale of consumer vehciles that burn gasoline. It would be a many-birds-with-one-stone proposition.
1) It will force the automotive industry to research alternate fuel sources. The research will go a lot further when it has the financial backing of Ford and GM.
2) It will eliminate the US's dependance on foregin oil.
3) It will give us the excuse we need to pull US troops out of the Middle East, because when you get down to brass tacks, the war is all about oil.
4) This will reduse the US's greenhouse gas emmissions down to almost nothing, and will prompt other countries to follow suit.
I read this article and I am suddenly reminded why I failed Journalism. It's irresponsible for people to be writing articles like this. It contains everything my Journalism teacher told me *NOT* to put in an article. People are upset, people are greving and in pain, but that has nothing to do with the facts of the attack. Slashdot is a news service, not a human interest site. You can't allow opinions like this to cloud the facts of the matter. Yes, it was horrific and yes, it is hard to belive that something like this could happen in this day and age, but it's NOT HELPING ANYONE to stir up the populus because no good will come from it.
--Jokr2Thief
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There is only one thing a President needs to do, and not a single candidate will do it. They need to outlaw the sale of consumer vehciles that burn gasoline. It would be a many-birds-with-one-stone proposition.
1) It will force the automotive industry to research alternate fuel sources. The research will go a lot further when it has the financial backing of Ford and GM.
2) It will eliminate the US's dependance on foregin oil.
3) It will give us the excuse we need to pull US troops out of the Middle East, because when you get down to brass tacks, the war is all about oil.
4) This will reduse the US's greenhouse gas emmissions down to almost nothing, and will prompt other countries to follow suit.
I read this article and I am suddenly reminded why I failed Journalism. It's irresponsible for people to be writing articles like this. It contains everything my Journalism teacher told me *NOT* to put in an article. People are upset, people are greving and in pain, but that has nothing to do with the facts of the attack. Slashdot is a news service, not a human interest site. You can't allow opinions like this to cloud the facts of the matter. Yes, it was horrific and yes, it is hard to belive that something like this could happen in this day and age, but it's NOT HELPING ANYONE to stir up the populus because no good will come from it. --Jokr2Thief