Bill O'Reilly and Henry David Thoreau Debate the Oil Crisis
Bill: Good evening Henry, glad you could make it tonight.
Henry: Thanks for inviting me.
Bill: Well you are here tonight to tell me why its wrong to drill our own oil off our own shores.
Henry: No, I am here to tell you how drilling will just add to the inevitable Malthusian catastrophe. We must harness other methods of energy while decreasing the amount of traveling we do. Also, our world will benefit greatly from properly utilizing renewable natural resources.
Bill: Well, would you not agree that we need to slowly transition towards alternate energies? Do you want to create economic instability?
Henry: No, but it is inevitable. Unless the current system is destroyed, we will not be able to create a new, more efficient one. It is what our Founding Father's had to do to the Articles of Confederation. Although it was initially risky, it did pay off.
Bill: You are forgetting the fact that most every form of transportation and energy in this country involves non-renewable energy sources. Unless you want the lights out for a long time, there should be no reason to want a drastic switch.
Henry: I lived pretty successfully with just candles in a lone house next to a pond, did I not? Yet the real question here is whether or not we want to let business and government interfere with what is naturally right. Now, we have maglevs yet no one uses them. And for what reason I ask? It all comes back to money and people with their faith in the wrong place.
Bill: Our nation can never rely on trains, look at how Amtrack failed.
Henry: Well, no one in Europe is adopting maglevs and they primarily use trains for travel. The fact is this is a universal problem and most be solved in not just America. The harvesting of renewable energies will just increase people's connectivity with nature seeing as there is no way to abuse sunlight or wind as you can abuse oil and coal.
Bill: But you are still disregarding the economic dangers of such a transition.
Henry: So, what, we wait another 200 years, with our reliance on oil increasing yearly, only to have leave a catastrophe to our son's sons?
Bill: We will have adopted new, more efficient methods by then; look at the hybrids that are being made now.
Henry: Those hybrids are still a luxury. And since you notice the problem now, why aren't you advocating to do everything to solve it now? Man will benefit greatly from this connectedness with nature. The benefits will be more than just financial, also. From this honestly beautiful bond with nature, man will be able to find the true meaning to his life.
Bill: Well, Henry, I disagree , but with that we have to close up. I thank you for coming on the show, its always interesting.
Henry: Thank you for having me, goodnight.
Henry: Thanks for inviting me.
Bill: Well you are here tonight to tell me why its wrong to drill our own oil off our own shores.
Henry: No, I am here to tell you how drilling will just add to the inevitable Malthusian catastrophe. We must harness other methods of energy while decreasing the amount of traveling we do. Also, our world will benefit greatly from properly utilizing renewable natural resources.
Bill: Well, would you not agree that we need to slowly transition towards alternate energies? Do you want to create economic instability?
Henry: No, but it is inevitable. Unless the current system is destroyed, we will not be able to create a new, more efficient one. It is what our Founding Father's had to do to the Articles of Confederation. Although it was initially risky, it did pay off.
Bill: You are forgetting the fact that most every form of transportation and energy in this country involves non-renewable energy sources. Unless you want the lights out for a long time, there should be no reason to want a drastic switch.
Henry: I lived pretty successfully with just candles in a lone house next to a pond, did I not? Yet the real question here is whether or not we want to let business and government interfere with what is naturally right. Now, we have maglevs yet no one uses them. And for what reason I ask? It all comes back to money and people with their faith in the wrong place.
Bill: Our nation can never rely on trains, look at how Amtrack failed.
Henry: Well, no one in Europe is adopting maglevs and they primarily use trains for travel. The fact is this is a universal problem and most be solved in not just America. The harvesting of renewable energies will just increase people's connectivity with nature seeing as there is no way to abuse sunlight or wind as you can abuse oil and coal.
Bill: But you are still disregarding the economic dangers of such a transition.
Henry: So, what, we wait another 200 years, with our reliance on oil increasing yearly, only to have leave a catastrophe to our son's sons?
Bill: We will have adopted new, more efficient methods by then; look at the hybrids that are being made now.
Henry: Those hybrids are still a luxury. And since you notice the problem now, why aren't you advocating to do everything to solve it now? Man will benefit greatly from this connectedness with nature. The benefits will be more than just financial, also. From this honestly beautiful bond with nature, man will be able to find the true meaning to his life.
Bill: Well, Henry, I disagree , but with that we have to close up. I thank you for coming on the show, its always interesting.
Henry: Thank you for having me, goodnight.
