The bigger question, rather than what's true and what's false, is what do we want? Josh Tickell More Quotes by Josh Tickell More Quotes From Josh Tickell I believe we will see a biofuels resurgence. While gas prices skyrocket and we continue to wage wars for oil, while spills, fracking, tar sands and the oil madness of our empire continue, people are waking up and realizing that you can't be against petroleum and against fuels that come from nature. Josh Tickell oil war believe There's so much impetus for change, there's so much desire to not have this oil economy continue, but it continues nonetheless. And people often assume that's because technology is not good enough, or there's no money being invested, or it's just not ready yet. It's none of that. It's actually a system of government and corporate behavior that work in collusion and lock step with one another to deflect any momentum toward true alternative energies. Josh Tickell oil technology government You can't disassemble a bomb unless you understand how it was built. Josh Tickell built bombs Independent films are really one of the greatest resources these days to actually find unfiltered truth. Josh Tickell resources independent film Truth is such a subjective thing. Josh Tickell truth-is subjective Often when something is going on behind the scenes and people fight for change, the fight will go on and on and on until they understand the mechanism that they're actually fighting against. Josh Tickell fighting goes-on people Imagine people growing hemp and making everything from food to fuel without petroleum! Josh Tickell growing fuel people The co-opting of the environmental movement by the petroleum industry had a shattering effect. It crushed nascent biofuel businesses, killed research, cut off critical funding, stopped the building of new infrastructure, dissolved powerful alliances and seeded America with doubt over our ability to free ourselves from petroleum. Josh Tickell cutting powerful america Today much of anti-biofuel "science" - including the false claim that biofuels need more energy to make than they contain - has been shown to be complete hogwash, bought and paid for by big oil. Josh Tickell oil energy today We can make most, if not all, of America's fuel from alcohol, from bits of plants leftover after they are harvested, from the hundreds of millions of tons of municipal waste we produce, and the over 1 trillion gallons of sewage we produce. Josh Tickell fuel alcohol america
