It seems that the link I provided works sometimes; however if you put the following in google "
Fossil Fuels Will Save the World (Really)
There are problems with oil, gas and coal, but their benefits for people—and the planet—are beyond dispute
By
Matt Ridley
and hit search then link to the article it will work.
Um, here we are talking about a pipeline from Canada and here you are talking some insanity about third world countries. I'm sorry, when did Canada become a third world country? I must have missed that. So you are now advocating that we must stay on the drug to help poor drug manufacturers who we aren't even talking about?
It always amaze me, no not really, that there are those that read into something that they want to without thinking because the subject of the matter is something that they disagree with. Seems that you may be one of those. Where did you get the ridiculous idea that I said Canada was a third world country. The only mention of third world countries was that they do not currently have access to cheap (fossil fuel compared to other means of producing energy). So how about reading what I said with an open mind and not trying to read into something that wasn't there just to justify your disagreement with what was put forth.
You do realize, or maybe you don't, that there are already several countries in this world who have moved to anywhere from 85% to 100% renewable energy provided electricity? This stuff is doable. It just requires the determination to do it. It requires money (which we have if we stop investing in oil and corporations and banks all the damn time), workers (which means jobs doesn't it?), and dedication. Things we all have. There is no feasible reason to not move forward with more investment in renewable energy except for the purpose of propping up oil. Something we do not need to do. We are not the only country in the world using oil. Our movement away from it is a good thing. We have to start somewhere. Why not here?
Well let's look at your statement "already several countries in this world who have moved to anywhere from 85% to 100% renewable energy provided electricity?". Well I looked at your statement and decided you might have a valid argument so I looked. Yes there is tone country that have greater than 80% of their electricity generated by renewable energy
for households, and they are. 1.Scotland which has approx 2.4 million households. Source of this data is:
http://ecowatch.com/2015/01/09/countries-leading-way-renewable-energy/
So if you call 1 several......? Now you will notice that the article says "households". Now where does the energy come from for their transportation and manufacturing? Guess they sort of left that out.
You say it takes money to produce renewable energy and if we would stop investing in oil we could do it. I would like to know how you come to this remarkable conclusion. Did you even care to do any research? from:
http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2010/05/us-energy-consumption.html
Annual energy consumption in the U.S. is so great that it is often measured in quadrillion BTUs. One quadrillion BTUs, or one “quad,” is nearly equal to the energy consumed by 5.5 million U.S. households in 2009. One quad also, equals one billion million or (10)15 BTUs. The use of the unit “quad” eliminates many zeroes, shortening numbers for discussion purposes. In 2009, for example, the U.S. consumed 94.9 quads (94.900, 000,000,000,000 BTUs) of energy.
Don't know where you have been living in the past few years, but investment in renewable energy sources has increased dramatically. The only problem, and it's a Big Problem, is that renewable energy at this time can not meet the energy requirements of the US. and you have to use fossil fuel until a cost effective means of generating enough renewable energy is found. Now please read the article "if the damn thing will come up." It is a large article and does not require signing into the WSJ. At least if you use the Search option.
So tell me just where are you going to find enough renewable energy to meet those demands and the demands in the future. Well right now the only viable source other than fossil fuel that could start to make a dent in that requirement is nuclear energy. So are you willing to have a nuclear power plant build in your neighborhood?