If the US fought for the post-carbon economy the way it fights
for nebulous state-building goals in foreign wars, the future
would be brighter, cleaner, safer and cheaper, with more jobs
and perhaps – because it would need to secure less of that
foreign oil -fewer wars. If the country built new classrooms
with the same urgency it built armored vehicles, more American
teens could be choosing between colleges instead of choosing
between minimum and sub-minimum wage jobs – and fewer would
eventually need public assistance. If the government spent more
on blackboards and less on bullets, it would create more jobs
today and more innovation in the future.