Wars for oil are no answer

The Nov. 17 letter, “Corporations hold the real power,” defines what many of us strongly suspect but cannot find time to confront. Most of us must spend all of our time working for a living, housing, feeding, raising a family, enjoying sports, etc., with little time to be aware of how powerful oil corporations run government and our foreign policy. Corporate-sponsored think tanks and lobbyists falsely claim there will be plenty of oil to keep consumer growth rising forever. But that think-tank propaganda is put to the lie by events after Sept. 11, 2001. The proper response by our government to the attack on the United States by religious fanatics was wasted by taking the opportunity to launch the invasion of Iraq to protect our (cheap oil) interests. Citizens should urge their leaders to legislate oil conservation and create a national program to research and develop new jobs in alternative-energy technologies. Oil wars waste more oil, will not cure the problem of religious fanaticism and make the United States less secure. Charles A. Andrade, Galloway Township - Atlantic City Press, November 26, 2006