Tux Turkel’s April 12 op-ed, “As long as we feel entitled to cheap oil, we’re losing,” makes a point few Americans contemplate. Fossil fuel use is causing wars, damaging our economy and heating up the planet, causing extreme weather. None of this is necessary. The technology exists to economically switch to renewables. China is way ahead of America in this regard. It costs less to develop renewable sources now than to mine fossil fuels or build gas plants. The major problem is that the American fossil fuel industry is so invested in its infrastructure and makes billions from selling fossil…