Ignoring, for a moment, that they agree on practically everything, isn't it nice to see a Republican and a Democrat agreeing on something? Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (R) and Tom Udall (D) have written a nice op-ed piece about how, you know, fuck saving the world, there's good money in ecological technology (or "teconology", as I don't call it).
On financial reward, for example, the American auto industry’s ranking as the world’s top manufacturer is slipping because apparently bigger is not better: the top selling hybrid is a Toyota, not a General Motors or a Ford. While the U.S. invested in gas guzzlers, Japan invested in energy efficiency. With gas at $3 to $4 per gallon, consumers made the switch and Toyota won out in the end. Lest that happen with other industries, America must wake up fast to the consumer trend towards energy-efficient, and thus cost-efficient, lifestyles. With oil prices on the rise, the money is in efficiency.
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