Politics Can be Frightening

Sorry folks, too much to do today to post pics/video. But, I am deeply concerned about something I just read.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Conventions/Story?id=5718030&page=2

Now, you've probably figured out that I am watching the American political scene at the moment. Well, I've been reading about the Republican's political convention. And, now, let me quote a piece from the link above:

"Sending the crowd into wild applause, GOPAC chairman Michael Steele, a Republican Party fundraiser, touted aggressive oil exploration in the United States.
"So, do you want to put your country first?" he asked. "Then let's reduce our dependency on foreign sources of oil and promote oil and gas production at home.
"In other words, drill baby drill! And drill now!" Steele said.
After that the crowd frequently errupted into chants of "Drill baby drill!" "

I understand the need for oil, probably a touch better than the average person. I also probably understand a bit about the oil industry, again probably a touch better than the average person. But, the focus can not be drilling. It must be a tremendous push to find alternatives to oil. I don't think the folks in the oil industry need to be worried about losing their jobs anytime soon; there is still a tremendous need for oil. But the best way to break independence on oil is too quit using so much of it and find other alternatives. Again, the oil industry won't be losing jobs anytime soon - we use oil for everything including the plastic bottles that hold organic/Earth friendly shampoo. Drilling further in Alaska in the United States would be a tiny little drop in a very big bucket.

Answers to oil dependency for the world will not come easily. And they certainly will not be found with only "Drill baby drill".

Has the Republican party mentioned Global Warming at all? If they have, please email me a link to the story. I'm very interested.