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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
First off, the Global Warming crowd are wrong.
Second, it takes energy to make technology.
Third, finding new resources means we won't get gouched by the Saudis.
Forth, regulation can fix the speculators.
Fifth, all economies are based on hydrocarbon energy in the entire world, and if they have to go without, everything grinds to a halt - life as you know it.
Sixth, whats wrong with hydrocarbons if you can provide them for the next 300 years? 300 years worth of hydrocarbon based gas is hardly a band-aid - some people claim we may only have 200 years worth in this country at our present rate of consumption, but 200 to 300 years? Who cares? Kind of puts Saudi Arabia out of the picture, no?
Seventh, why simply transfer the power baton to a new energy mogul? That is all you are describing. Enron guys will simply move next door. They went from Electricity, to oil and gas, to in the future, green tech. They don't care as long as they are getting rich.
Need i go on?
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Excellent response Subman. I don't wish to get too much into this topic as I'm just here for the day after a long hiatus, but from recent news and energy problems, I can't help but think that the spoiled rotten baby boom Democrat voters have caused us enough pain with their stupid weather crisis theories and other made up nonsense. That's the group where it mostly comes from. Saying that we need hydrocarbons to power our economy, and keep life running is simply common sense. After watching Democrats this past week wanting to nationalize our oil resources, speaking incessantly against drilling for increased supply, and harping on untried, untested, and unrealistic alternative energy schemes, I can't see how anybody in their right mind can actually go "pull the lever" for these people. Since they've taken control of Congress, gas has shot through the roof. And their solutions will only increase the costs of fuel at the pump and most other commodities in the future. Average joe baby boom Democrat doesn't understand economics obviously. And sorry Mrs. Pelosi, wind and solar energy will not power my pickup truck.