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Message: [QUOTE="BunduBasher, post: 537961, member: 17314"] Yup, I'm a redneck too (rooinek), have been all my life :) Anyhow, I had my own little epiphany last night - and in the immortal words of 7of9 - It is irrelevant ! (all this bickering and thermal verbosity) - history is not only about what happened 1000 years ago, but also what is happening now, and will happen in the next 1000 years. much of the petty squabbles we have are focused on the here and now. much of what we do or believe is brought about by conditioning, propaganda, dare I say brain washing. A conditioning designed to keep us, the ants of society, working hard and in our place. Anyone see "a bugs life", one ant gets distracted and it is chaos for everyone. The major thought that came to mind last night was "The advancement of humankind" ! - Just how much of what we do, believe, think and act, has a positive effect, or negative effect on our advancement as a species. Why do we drive huge gas guzzling cars, could we not live with cheaper costing/running cars, surely if we cleaned up our act in the big picture, we could afford to play and get dirty on our two stroke machines without having to worry. Why do we not drive cars which cost pennies to run, why do we not make efficient use of our electricity (Sadly Americans rate among the worst), why are we so wasteful, and destructive. Is it because those that profit from this destruction have no interest in "The advancement of Humankind", but rather short term profit and greed. The talk about hydrogen power is great, but who is going to sell and market the stuff, especially when in no time you will be able to buy your own hydrogen making machine - definitely no money or profit there for the gas companies. In 3rd world countries right now, they are making use of cheap easy to produce bio-gas - something we could make on a farm or even in your own home - is this encouraged or developed for use here - hell no. I met a gentleman on a flight into Amarillo a while back, was from a wind emery company, had done a study, and found the Amarillo area to have the best (worst) conditions in the country for wind generation of power - to date, no windmills in the area. Only when our natural resources are depleted altogether, and we have no other recourse, will we really take seriously, the idea of cheap and sustainable energy. We are going to squeeze every drop of oil and coal from this earth before we go to hydrogen ! OK, this is one hell of a soap box aria, just got to thinking that we are being screwed big time, that the powers that be would rather have us focus on our short term issues, keep our heads in the sand, and our butts in the air, and keep on as usual. There is huge profit in division, price fixing is a way of life, extortion, and high flying shenanigans are the order of the day. Because no-one really cares about "The advancement of human kind" (well maybe a few !) MLK may have had his dream, mine is to get in a car and drive forever, never having to pay for gas again ... hmm, I would like that ! [/QUOTE]

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