by Alex Grunberg

Created on: March 02, 2009   Last Updated: March 16, 2009

I read once that during World War II our country was really big on recycling. All the pig grease, the scrap metal, and clothing we recycled to make weapons and clothe our soldiers. Its not about an upward economic climb, or a world-wide economic decline. Really its about each day and the way that American's recycle that asks the question, "should we invest in green biotechnology". I know the first thing I worry about in the morning isn't whether or not I got my coffee organically from a small farmer in Guatemala or the San Fierro valley of California, no! That is not what green techonology is about. Its whether or not the coffee tastes good, and its about whether or not it makes sense to buy it.

Its been said that America is in economic decline. That china has become the bigger capproducer of capital goods. That they are the ones sapping our hard earned American money right out of the economy. This makes sense if one considers the way that their government operates. Dictating when, where, and how often its people should work. In America we do it simple. Wake up each morning and check our government calendars with great pride and satisfaction, not. Many of us on the contrary roll-over, hit the snooze, and curse the work day. This is acceptable, if your lazy. Some Americans though...they think about themselves sure, but they consider their immediate environment too! i.e. is my car clean. have the dishes been put away from last night so i can cook breakfast, whatever. These basic life issues keep American life together. That and Capitalism!

Capitalism works a lot like the automatic tie holster that rotates in a huge circle...you know the one. Dad got it for christmas, for the thousands of ties he now owns from the gifts, the impulse buys, and maybe even grandpa Joe. Those little gadgets that plug into the wall and make a whirring noise are the sound investments in capital that keep Americans both sane and happy. They also tie us down to buying unnecssary capital goods from China. things like rubber dog poop, seriously?

Green technology is all about saving money in the long term, and all about cutting costs in the short term. That means saving for the future and not spending foolishly when times are tough. In America our freedom lies in the markets. Go to the grocery store, and pick lucky charms instead of Total. Go to the mall and pick designer jeans for one hundred dollars instead of the corduroys on the sale rack. Thats the American way, to save money by cutting costs and increasing profit. Green investments are renewable, expensive, and worthwhile. If you we can wait long enough for the cost to get cheaper then we will have a real reason to invest. The problem being that the more people who invest... the cheaper it will be. So only then will solar panels around the country be reducing our energy costs.

Only after we as a country decide that yeah, recycling is a pretty good call, and that yeah investing in biotechnologies is going to get us to those more manageable lower costs. So that yeah, one day we wont need oil. We may only want it, probably so we can make jet fuel and not have to worry about wasting it when we fight a serious war against an enemy that understands our greatest weakness. Energy consumption. If you don't know it yet, I'm talking about the war in Iraq and how w/o a dependence upon oil for our energy costs. Just think about how much cheaper that war could have been. So as a final send out. Please invest in green biotechnology. It is renewable, it is expensive, but gosh darn it! Its the American thing to do!

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