FOSSIL FUELS  (CONT)


  • they raise funds that can be used to invest in the R&D in technologies that will help find substitutes to oil;

  • they can be used to make the process of increasing oil prices more predictable, which will allow to smoothen the transition.

Paris is spearheading a group effort on Daily Kos to draft a new energy plan called "Energize America." Bill McKibben wrote that he found it "far more comprehensive and thoughtful than anything the think tanks have produced," and called on the Democrats to use it as a model.

Just as anti-war activists and bloggers have forced the Democrats to take a more critical stance on the Iraq war, so the grassroots and the netroots must pressure the Democrats to stop fossil foolishness and take the bold action that is needed to conquer our oil addiction.

In the 1980s, the 12-step program originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous went through an explosion of popularity as a tool for healing all sorts of addictions and illnesses of the spirit. The12-step movement created both an organizing paradigm and a network of fellowships all over the planet in a short period of time. It is curious that this occurred just prior to the development of the World Wide Web. If yoked together, what might these two movements accomplish for the urgent goal of healing the spiritual crisis that lies at the root of our oil addiction?

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