The big oil, coal and gas lobbies have set up a website to spread climate change manure. The site, CO2 is Green.org, is devoted to convincing the American public that the more CO2 the fossil fuel polluters spew out the better it will be for humankind. It's all aimed at preventing cap and trade legislation. They claim that CO2 is not a greenhouse gas and isn't bad for people or plants. This is a half truth...

Comments on Jonah Goldberg's column of June 19, 2010, in which he states that oil is the "True green fuel."

His rationale for this outlandish statement: 4. Goldberg states we'll simply have to buy most of our oil from foreigners.

We already buy a major portion of our oil from foreigners. Ramping up domestic production enough to make a significant difference will take many years, Waiting for alternatives to be able to replace oil until it is either all gone or far too expensive for our transportation needs is short term thinking. The cost of drilling in deep water will mean that oil gets more expensive over time.

Got a mirror? Take a squint at it. There's your culprit. As Pogo was wont to say, "We have met the enemy and he is us." There is very little in our modern world that is not either made from oil or doesn't depend on it to produce. Virtually all plastics have oil and gas in them. Even deodorant is made from oil. Think tooth paste. No kidding. It is derived from petroleum. Lipstick is too. We have petroleum in our bodies from all of the oil based chemical we consume. Taking vitamin capsules? Made from petroleum. The United States is the far and away largest consumer of petroleum in the world. A bottle of shampoo is typically 100% petrochemicals. The Center for Disease Control tested humans for environmental chemicals and found 212 chemical compounds and metals in human blood.

The Associated Press reports that a prestigious research panel from the National Research Council says that available technology can solve our oil addiction and eliminate the need to drill off-shore. They claim that the "full combination of improved technologies" could reduce fuel consumption in medium and large cars and pickup truck by 29%. Changes to conventional internal combustion engines would cost on average $2,200.00.

Today is a great time to declare our Independence from fossil fuels. We can't just turn the spigot off but the passage of the energy bill before Congress would be a good start. It took us a very long time to get where we are and it will very likely take a long time to work our way out....