Tom Friedman slams the GOP's "Drill, Drill, Drill" focus.

On Meet The Press today, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman slammed the chants of "Drill, Drill, Drill" at the Republican National Convention, saying that it was the equivalent to "if on the eve of the IT revolution, the revolution of PCs and the internet, someone was up there standing and demanding "IBM selectric typewriters, IBM selectric typewriters."

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[Stevietheman]

No, the GOP position is open up more areas for drilling that the domestic oil companies won't touch, as they're not touching the vast open areas they have now, ALL for political reasons. And at the same time, the GOP gives short shrift to alternative energy research.

The Democrats are far smarter on this topic.

[dallasmsl]

Why? Why do you hate tom Friedman? What part of what he is saying doesn't make sense to you?

[bobshenix]

SUURE Tom, why drill our own oil/natural gas when we could use Arab oil as an excuse to keep dominating Middle East. If we used OUR OWN oil, our corrupt government couldn't stick w/ this heavy-handed, aggressive foreign policy.

With no excuse to bomb sovereign Arab nations into submission for *OIL*, we couldn't maintain an expensive, economy-draining constant presence in the Middle East allowing your beloved Israel to keep taking Palestinian land without fear of reprisal from angry neighbors!!

[burlearth]

@dallasmsl because he keeps changing his mind on who he likes, especially after they fall out of favour. He's a flip-flopper and `i'm still waiting for this energy revolution he talks about. He presents no evidence that it exists in any practical sense.

[Ethanol85]

Typewriters lol

[alphecca2539]

BP gave a million dollars in campaign contributions to Barack Obamugabe.

Where is Friedman's commentary on that inconvenient little truth?

[DickColoradoShow]

The russians, venezuelans and saudis are not saying drill drill drill to the united states. They want us to stop so that we become more dependent on them . who is Friedman kidding? Ignorance as usual. we need to drill until we can close the gap between oil and alternative. we have nuclear technology and we are not using it to its full potential. stupidity.

[jimbad05]

@GorterPoss Umm, we have been researching solar and wind power since the 1970s and electric cars since at least 1902.

[GorterPoss]

@juscurious Second and third generation biofuels spring to mind. Now they're talking about bioengineered bacteria that generates liquid hydrocarbons. These technologies are all in their infancy but I believe this is in large part because there has never been a pressing need for them until very recently. For example, why would anyone in their right mind invest billions in creating an alternative to gasoline when, even at $100 a barrel, it is still pretty affordable?

[juscurious]

@GorterPoss Define Alternative Energy. What type of energy does it have to be to be declared "alternative" ? Fossil Fuels will be around for a very long time because there is no alternative to them. What fuels do you propose for a Jet Airliner? Do you think you could power a 747 with a sail? How about solar? Do you put solar panels on a aircraft or a ship? Give me some examples of alternative energies you know of? I'm very curious.