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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Here's a concept - how about built the techology first, and then switch over to it. You describe a kind of Cart before the Horse concept.
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Necessity is the mother of invention. If you open up more fields, the necessity for invention is going to be taken away. We already went through this once in the 70's and didn't learn a damn thing, we only made it worse. It's time to pull our heads out of our asses and come up with a real solution for the real problem.
If the global warming crowds are correct, then we solve two problems at the same time. The solutions need to be forced now. We shouldn't focus on band-aid solutions, we need answers, and we need them now.
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
One last thought - the oil companies power does not change regardless of where they are drilling.
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The US is a petroleum based economy, period. Everything in this entire country revolves around it, including the military. Without it the nation comes to a grinding halt.
If you make big energy the sole supplier of oil, you think they'll do the right thing? You think they won't gouge us worse than they do now? You want to put our petroleum based nation in the hands of Enron traders?
We need change. We need it now. We don't need more drilling, we need a replacement for it. Renewable, safe, and reliable. Until then, hit Americans where it hurts, where they feel it the most, in the wallet.
Make fuel cheaper for Police, fire, and the trucks that bring things to market, the tools that grow food, just the necessities. Want gas for your SUV? $15 per gallon. You bet your ass that people will start carpooling to the grocery store and using public transportation to get to work.
The reality is that it has to get worse before it gets better, and Americans can't accept that.