Posing What if's? usually present us with intrinsic pleasures.
--What if we had no CIA?
--What if Kellogg's were to put a measuring arrow on the side of their cereal packets, that you could move to exactly the level of cereal in the box. Then you could be sure if someone had nicked a bowl or not. (http://whatiftheydid.blogspot.com/)
--What would a green economy look like. What if!
--What if the United States had relinquished its permanent overseas bases 30 years ago?
--What if George Lucas had passed up University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts for his other passion?
--Or what if General Motors hadn't killed the electric car?
Yeah, that got carried away there. But as I read Carrot's recent blog "Tre Arrow: kindhearted environmental activist or eco-terrorist?", I began to think what if the more sustainable energy generators (esp. Solar panels in the vacant desert) that are beginning to take off become sabotaged...?
And I'm adimately serious. What if in order to maintain their grip on our economy and their grip globally, the oil and gas industries adopt Edward Abbie's principles.
It doesn't seem too far-fetched an idea when you examine the Monkey Wrench Gang's plot. The 'enemy' of the so-called eco-terrorists is development of the pristine. And so the similarity rears its ugly head, because just as it was the Gang's mission to dissect logging machinery in the American Southwest, the goal of fossil fuel huggers would seemingly be carried out in the same region. It sure is a scary thought, but why not?
I'm not suggesting that the corporations would employ oily greaseballs to get the job done. I do, however, believe in the ability of industries to make calculated incitations to their loyalists. Think about it. They could release enough blowback for the green collar industry that could render the already limping investors to abort.
It was a weird what if to begin with, and hopefully it has spiraled into non-existence.
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