Years ago disgruntled US tax payers famously dumped the king’s tea into Boston Harbor. It led to revolution. Today, one of the world’s richest corporations is dumping oil in the Gulf of Mexico. We can only hope that this, too, leads to revolution.
This horrendous ecological and economic disaster may be the positive opportunity that the progressives in this country have been waiting for. The oil industry is suddenly vulnerable and our president has an incredible opportunity to pull a John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy asked the country to pull together to get a man on the moon in the 1960s. No expense was to be spared and the American people were asked to support the program that was not only a huge gamble but also promised massive spending. The government funding coffers were opened to universities, corporate research centers and entrepreneurs.
For more: Oil spill must spark energy revolution | ajc.com
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