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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: Offshore Oil Drilling |
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Is this not the most inadequate response to our present problems?
Well, the GOP is pushing it hard. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for them. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| You know I really don't care if it pushes the price of oil down (although I voted no). I hope that prices stay high because the United States is too dependent on cars and gas. I hope these high prices will push both the government and business to pour resources into alternative energy, and lead to better urban planning. |
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yawarakaijin
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm sorry. The only correct answer is we must become more independant in regards to oil in order to defeat the evil doers. I thought everyone knew that. |
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Czarjorge
Joined: 01 May 2007
Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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We really need to look into Compressed Natural Gas, at least we have an abundance of that IN the US. We should also look into biofuels that AREN'T corn. Pols like Harkin are injuring the country to prop up factory farms in Iowa and that's not right on so many levels. Switch grass is the way to go, and there are weeds that are even better and can be used to make both bio fuel and to be burned in coal plants.
Drilling MIGHT make a different ten years down the road. The problem with offshore drilling is that most of it happens in the Gulf, and since we're on a track to have stronger and more frequent hurricanes that's a bad idea on so many levels. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Why not? We will not be 100% off oil in even 20 years. Why send that money to the Saudi's and Hugo? |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: Offshore Oil Drilling |
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| Kuros wrote: |
Is this not the most inadequate response to our present problems?
Well, the GOP is pushing it hard. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for them. |
Why not try and see? Open up Alaska and drill the coastline. Some people believe that we have more oil up there than Saudia Arabia has.
Build 50 more nuclear plants.
Why not try? |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Offshore Oil Drilling |
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| fiveeagles wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
Is this not the most inadequate response to our present problems?
Well, the GOP is pushing it hard. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for them. |
Why not try and see? Open up Alaska and drill the coastline. Some people believe that we have more oil up there than Saudia Arabia has.
Build 50 more nuclear plants.
Why not try? |
50 more nuclear plants is totally different.
And what people think there is more oil up there than is in Saudi? Source?? |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Offshore Oil Drilling |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| fiveeagles wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
Is this not the most inadequate response to our present problems?
Well, the GOP is pushing it hard. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for them. |
Why not try and see? Open up Alaska and drill the coastline. Some people believe that we have more oil up there than Saudia Arabia has.
Build 50 more nuclear plants.
Why not try? |
50 more nuclear plants is totally different.
And what people think there is more oil up there than is in Saudi? Source?? |
Lindsey Williams talks about his first hand knowledge of Alaskan oil reserves larger than any on earth. And he talks about how the oil companies and U.S. government won't send it through the pipeline for U.S. citizens to use.
http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=oil+industry&hl=en&emb=0#q=oil%20industry%2C%20alaska&hl=en&emb=0
I don't know how legit this guy is, but it's pretty interesting stuff. Noticed how he predicted the price of oil going up to 5 bucks before it did. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| It won't move prices: worldwide supply and demand do that. What it will do is help the current account deficit, $2B a day for oil alone. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| No, offshore drilling will not lower prices. Demand in the US, China and around the world is going to continue to increase. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Dave, if demand is going to continue to increase and new supply not added what will happen?
You all sound like a bunch of California Democrats. Of COURSE you drill in the United States. It is much more complicated that the talking points we're being fed. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
| Dave, if demand is going to continue to increase and new supply not added what will happen? |
The price is going to go up and up and up. Duh!
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| You all sound like a bunch of California Democrats. Of COURSE you drill in the United States. It is much more complicated that the talking points we're being fed. |
Of course it is more complicated, we won't see oil from new drilling for 10 years. Yet people aren't heeding the call to further develop alternative energy. Oh, that's just a bunch of enviromental whiners I know.
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, the GOP is pushing it hard. |
Right. Your poll question, then, really asks this: do you people at Dave's ESL Cafe prefer B. Obama or J. McCain? |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I'm totally appalled.
Drill + other sources of energy. |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Offshore Oil Drilling |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| fiveeagles wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
Is this not the most inadequate response to our present problems?
Well, the GOP is pushing it hard. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for them. |
Why not try and see? Open up Alaska and drill the coastline. Some people believe that we have more oil up there than Saudia Arabia has.
Build 50 more nuclear plants.
Why not try? |
50 more nuclear plants is totally different.
And what people think there is more oil up there than is in Saudi? Source?? |
What do you think? Why isn't anyone responding to this video? |
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