There is no reason we cannot do that immediately. China now has 36% of it's energy supplied via recyclables especially solar, but the US doesn't want to do this as the Petrodollar and oil are one of the key ways we control the world. We are going to have to do A LOT of apologizing when no-one no longer needs as much oil.

If we really wanted to do away with fossil fuels it could happen in 10 years. The technology already exists and would vastly improve if sustainable energy sources were mandated. Outlawing diesel and internal combustion engines would see a rise in the use of electric cars and who knows what else. I've seen articles about cars that run on everything from water to walnut shells. The corporate plutocracy that now owns the American government is not acting in the interests of the people or the environment but in the interests of its own bottom line. Until the last drop of oil is wrung from the last ounce of tar sands they will not be satisfied. These are the naysayers who deny the existence of environmental collapse despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. If we do not wrest control back from these monsters we are doomed.

@GareBear517 as the oligarchy now controls the media----we are doomed. There is no way to get the word out. The NSA and other government agencies monitor all communications. To get the legislation thru to allow this was the point of 9/11. Small sacrifice to get America to surrender privacy. So until the need is recognized for the second revolution here we are. The only group I see who could ever succeed in recovering our country and our freedom is the veteran, they have the training and the contact with the military to establish control until a legitimate new government can be elected.

I cannot see how a singe global empire would ever be built through war. Through diplomacy sure, but if from war you would always have uprisings happening and never get any peace.

I'd rather go the route of relinquishing power by all nations incrementally to a United Nations rather than clubbing other nations over the head in a truly global war. I believe that war is the route we are now following to subdue all adversaries and it ain't a-working!

The continual uprisings wouldn't happen. We live on conquered land. It's pretty peaceful.

As far as I'm concerned the military's only legitimate mission is to defend our borders from invasion. We have morphed this job description to include protecting and furthering US interests abroad, a murky mission statement that allows for just about anything. I got into a conversation with a medical transport driver today who said he had been in the military for 20 years ever since Desert Storm an started reeling off all the countries to which he had been assigned flying choppers and rescuing injured soldiers mostly in the Middle East. He stopped himself and said, "An d then there were the countries south of the Equator I'm not allowed to talk about. I knew he was referencing the 53 out of 54 African nations where we maintain bases and carry out military missions without the knowledge or consent of the American public. The US military is a bloated monster that needs to go on a diet and be reined in. Medicaid and Social Security must be cut back, they say, because of their impact on the national debt. But the military needs an increase?

We're working on it. All of our military incursions in the Middle East are about looting those countries of their resources and imposing our culture on theirs. Apparently, until every Arab is downing pork sliders and quoting the bible we will not be satisfied.