"I wasn't talking about what states are doing I was talking about what Bush is not doing. Again, MAJOR tax incentives etc from the FEDERAL government would have a much larger MARKET DRIVEN effect on alternative fuel sources than puny incentives from states. Yes the free market is a wonderful thing and it will indeed produce results if offered tax-free profits. Bush has ignored this to our nation's security detriment. Unforgivable."

California is, I believe, 7th largest [as compared to other countries] economy in the world

"100,000 extra troops in Iraq would have prevented the massive looting and crime wave that occured immediately after the Iraqi army surrendered. Duh!"

Add more troops and you increase the logistical problem- smaller forces are more mobile- even with the extremely fast move toward Bagdad, the looting had begun before the troops entered the city. The problem was the Iraq security- army and police was shattered and abandoned their assigned duties. Another aspect was if we were willing to shoot the looters, then that would be a effective way to prevent further looting. There also the element of surprise- Iraqis probably thought it would take months to get near Bagdad- our army was small, the Iranian had 10 times the troops and fought for years without getting far. And the actual start of the invasion- was somewhat surprising, even though a deadline was given for start war, the normal way would indicate a more of a air campaign. Anyway the main point is you have to think of the logistics involved.