Not By Enough

       You, no doubt, will have heard of the killings in Libya of an ambassador and others over a movie.  That's right a movie that made "the prophet" look bad.  Take the time to google the movie "Innocence of Muslims".  I can't really link to it because it keeps being taken down.
       Five seconds tells you this is not a big-budget film.  This is basement quality, maybe.  But apparently, despite the majority of Americans never having heard of it, represents everyone's views.  So much so we are all held accountable for it.  Seriously, its getting old being the good guy.
       Is it time to hold an entire nation accountable for the actions of a few idiots?  I think there are a few people here who would be OK with turning the entire Middle-East into a green sheet of glass right now.  Frankly, its hard to argue against it.  (or so I've heard, I generally argue in favor of it)
       If we retaliate for this however; would we be any better than them?  In the words of Lrrr, Ruler of Omicron Persei 8; "Yes, but not by enough."  We can't just blow up entire countries over crap like this, because frankly, they all do it.  It would feel good for a while, sure, but solve nothing.
       I advocate leaving the idiots to rot.  Electric cars now, powered by batteries, (or ultra-capacitors) charged by safe, renewable, modern nuclear power plants.  Until we can develop solar, wind, and wave enough to be viable, anyway.  (If that can even be done).  For the interim, until they are built, we drill, we mine, and we make do.
     Once we devalue the one thing they have that is of any worth, they will cease to matter and can throw rocks at each other until the end of time.  No one else would care enough to be there.  Not even to watch.
       Then, once the immediate issues are addressed, we develop some other technology to move our wheels of industry.  Something free and abundant.  Say, a solar cell powering electrodes and low voltage pumps, extracting hydrogen from water, to use in fuel cells.  Oh, wait we can do that now.  (Honda has a test track and car that use this set-up)  Surely then, there is some reason we don't.
       It's almost like someone must want the primitives in the Middle-East to have power.  (I know they were a center of learning long before the western world, but seriously the world has moved past 1400; they haven't).  So like most ideas presented here, this will be left behind because it conflicts with the greed of those in charge.  Democrat, Republican, Tastycrat, Fingerlican, it doesn't matter.  Our politicians are "in-pocket" to the petroleum industry.