I could not have made a better presentation of facts myself. well done!

The problem with congress and politicians in general is they only look at the short term impacts and primarily the impact to their respective parties rather than the long term issues and the impact on the American people. We can all agree that we need to deal with this energy issue the problem is that congress is stuck trying to find ONE solution to the problem. The Dems argue that drilling won't have any short term impact and is therefore not a good solution, whereas windfall profits taxes will have (they claim) an immediate impact and is therefore better. The Repubs argue that drilling will have a short term impact because the promise of increased supply will be enough to lower the price of oil and that a windfall profits tax will end up being passed onto the consumer thus increasing the cost of gas rather than reducing it. Naturally neither side willing to compromise and so we end up with nothing getting done and we the people are left paying the price.

What we need is a multifaceted approach to the problem. We need to increase drilling which will have an affect on prices today. We need to impose more regulation on the speculation market so that the price isn't adversly affect like it has been recently. We need to increase investment in alternative energies like synthetic oil (this should be first as the infrastucture is already in place), hydrogen, solar, wind, nuclear, etc. Eventually as the alternatives are made viable the infrastucture needs to be invested in to make them viable for the entire country (hydrogen refueling stations).

Then we can wean ourselves off of foreign oil, but it is going to be a long term approach which politicians don't like because they only focus on the time until their next bid for re-election. This is why I advocate that we need to send a message to our current elected officals and let them all know just how bad of a job we think they are doing. This can be done very easily, do NOT re-elect anyone for another term in office. It's that simple.

I have to disagree DocG, we can wean ourselves without all the pain involved. This taste of out of control oil prices has brought an awareness to the American public, we want alternative energy sources and we want them as soon as humanly possibly, but we also want relief at the pump and for once we can have it both ways. we have enough oil right here at home to sustain us for 60 years, if American ingenuity cannot get it together in 70 years {that's 10 years till the oil really starts flowing and 60 years of oil} then maybe America should just take over "our friends" the Saudis by force.

 

The MSM has filled Obama head with such grandeur, that he is starting to believe it himself.

It's a plot I tell ya a plot to drive me insane.....

Thank you Powers that be for the feature.

I see the greatest transfer of wealth as that from our pockets to Exxon.  Did you see there last profit/loss statement?  Good grief.

I do not believe adding wilderness areas and offshore areas will help.  We do not have the refining capacity period and it would take years to develop it as well as build the infrastructure to bring oil from any new drilling sites to any new refineries.

I do agree with you that we really need to invest in some serious R & D as regards alternatives. Including alternatives to cars themselves.  I like the fact that some cities are making golf carts legal for travel on suburban roads with speed limits at 25 mph.  Perhaps we could make city lanes for electric cars powered by solar energy?  This energy crisis will not be over until we revamp our thinking and infrastructure systems to move away from petroleum and internal combustion vehicles.

See ya.

 

Agreed. I understand that we currently have rather large fiends that are untapped.  What is this push to open other areas except to give Exxon and the like more domain to choose from?

When I talk about alternatives, I am including internal combustion engine alternatives. Hydrogen, I agree, has clear infrastructure issues.  But electricity have less so. And solar re-chargers for 12 volt systems are very effective.

 

My house in the mountains, for example, is solar powered and uses about 10 percent of its stored electric power on any given day.  Each morning as the sun rises, the house batteries are recharged by 10 or 11 o'clock.  A solar panel on top of a small electric car would do wonders toward recharging itself, reducing the impact on power plants.  Current hybrid technology allows batteries to recharge while decelerating to stops. Add a panel or implant the car roof with our newest solar cells and we just might have something, especially for smaller cities and small towns. 

Just a thought or two.

Be well.

 

Thank you for the compliment! Every time someone tries to bring a new refinery online the asshat Greenpeace lesbian girly man start screaming "THE ENVIORMENT! THE ENVIORMENT! While driving to the "protest" using the Gasoline provided from oil delivered by a race of people that want to kill America and all that she stands for.

*smells the air*

Ahhhhhhh, the sweet smell of MM rants.


I find it interesting how Pelosi dismissed for a 5 week vacation instead of dealing with the energy issue. I think it would be incredibly funny if Bush made a call for Congress to come back!


Great article.

Gee AD, my rant is on a different page, this is just the truth.

You have got to be kidding me. Exxon is a multi-national with subsidiaries and shareholders all over the world. Hardly staying in America.

Be well.

Once again you are dodging the point, there is a huge difference between "shareholder" and lining the pockets of countries that hate us and have direct connections with terror organizations.