I think it is insane to drill into the earth to get slime when we could be burning, cleanly with good filters etc., stuff that we commit to garbage dumps and sewage plants anyway. There are several areas where I think America has its head up its ass.

1. Renewable energy.
2. Waste disposal.
3. Sewage disposal.
4. Animal husbandry (bird flu will help restructure some of the awful situations).
5. Lack of work and therefore inadequate government assistant for economically depressed people.
6. Failure to plant community trees and perma-orchards etc.
7. Goodness, we could kill a few birds with one stone if we wanted.