By the way, you don't have to be a Christian Fundamentalist to have doubts about "natural medicine." A lot of it is scientifically ungrounded. That is not to say that I am a proponent of pharming yourself to the max; I'm not.
I think that it was more a wtf that eating some yeast was an issue to take up with a pastor; the majority of christians today don't hold any dietary restrictions from their religion. Even then, yeast shouldn't trigger any problems - except on a relatively few days a year. After all, anytime you're drinking wine, beer, or eating bread you're eating yeast products.
It wouldn't have been a wtf if they'd said 'I want to talk to my doctor about this'.
Oh, and the 'Right' supports green energy, pollution reduction, etc... Just as soon as it makes economic sense. Then it'd no longer be 'alternate' and be a primary generation source.
Before you whip out the old standard liberal left socailist conspiracy, look to see who it really is that has you over the "barrel" (pun intended). Oil companies are actively and aggressively buying solar panel and battery/technology companies at an alarming rate. They tell us that they are doing it because they care about the future of mankind (insert inspiring violin music here). The reality is that they are doing two things: 1) they are hedging their bet and investing. 2) They are buying up the competitive threat to their business model.
1. Diversification is a smart idea for them; oil isn't going to last forever, use the big profits now to become an 'energy' company and stay around when oil peaks or plunges. It wasn't that long ago that many oil companies went bankrupt due to low oil prices.
2. How are solar panels a threat to an oil company? Solar panels don't produce asphalt, plastic, or enough power per area to power a car even if it covers the car*
3. I wouldn't say that their buying battery tech is going to mean them sitting on the patents. Too much money available by marketing them. Not to mention the now absolutely huge portable electronic industry. Don't forget that there's about six different competing chemistries at the moment.
What would it mean if you could produce your own electricity for your home. What would it mean if you could charge your electric car with you own home produced electricity and drive all day without paying anyone a dime for fuel? What would happen to the oil companies? Put the right vs. left and partisan agenda aside and look at what that could mean for your own life. I don't know how it looks to you, but that kind of independence and freedom sure looks good to me.
1. Already possible, just not normally economic
2. More difficult, like #1, grid power is generally cheaper. Turbine would probably be better than solar panels if you want to charge your EV at night. SP->HomeBat->CarBat just isn't financially or energy efficient. Swapping a multi-hundred pound battery pack would be difficult for many. Then there's the whole expense of maintaining two battery banks.
3. The oil companies would still make a decent living providing oil to lubricate the motors and shafts, plastic precursers, tar and such for road construction and maintenance, long range travel, etc... Besides, they've bought solar companies and such, remember? They're the ones selling you the solar panels you put on the roof.
4. Looks good to me as well, but I'm also aware that I can maintain far more in the way of fiscal assets right now by buying my power as I need it.
*Exception for the special purpose vehicles used down in australia for the race- using solar panels 2X as efficient and 100X as expensive as regular ones, barely enough power to push a light human at 25mph, no cargo space, in one of the sunniest places in the world.