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And lookee here. The west must kick its oil habit

Renewable energy has additional advantages to providing strategic freedom of action in the Middle East. It creates jobs. It is decentralised and thus invulnerable to terrorist attack. Unlike nuclear energy, renewables do not bring the risk of catastrophic toxic releases. Many people could make money by selling back to the utility companies surplus energy produced by back-garden windmills and solar roofing tiles. Lastly, the shift to renewables will greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

But there are three major obstacles which must be overcome before we can take oil off the list of key objectives for our military and foreign policy. These are the difficulty of changing official thinking, the vested interests of the oil companies and the need for a transition strategy.
| posted by Alex at 9:51 AM