Life Or Death. A Little Help Please.

Did you know that the oil and gas companies are still getting subsidies in the form of tax relief? Now, think about it. If the price of gasoline goes up, the subsidies go up. How's that for a double whammy. So the next time you stop to fill up, just remember, you're helping to pad those record breaking profits the oil companies seem to keep producing. Of course the coal industry keeps getting help from Uncle Sam too. Like land grants. But here's the real rub. Just one bad investment of a clean technology company and everyone is getting down on the entire industry. How come? Why do we seem to want that industry to fail, but want industries that truly are harmful to us, to show record profits and still subsidize them? Who said the oil industry needs financial help? What? Are they so poor they can't afford a cup of coffee with their morning barrel of oil? Don't get me wrong, I don't want the oil industry to go belly up. At least not until we develop a clean alternative. Then it would be a fairly good idea if the oil industry sort of faded into the background. Just a small niche industry, a closet industry. Just enough to handle our lubrication needs. The way things are now, we seem to be lubricating their wallets. To the point of over lubrication. Here's a novel idea. How about we start helping to come up with an alternative to oil a whole lot and stop helping the oil industry, which doesn't need the help, based on it profits, a whole lot? Less for oil and more for alternatives. Give me life or give me death. Doesn't seem like it should be a hard choice.