garageman's Blog

Mr. Basher51 has had a recent blog on this very topic.

The left will argue that drilling more oil is just not an option for two reasons:

1) there is a finite amount oil in any case so it makes sense to get alternatives developed ASAP, (the higher the price the better as this will lead to substitute products being developed more quickly)

2) Global warming......or is it climate change.........it keeps changing......may get hotter in 10 years.........maybe.......or listen to Prince Charles........we have 18 months to dramatically change the world or we ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!

Folks of the left wing persuasion have a belief structure on this issue that is "cult like." Logical economic thought such as increasing a domestic supply of oil just is not an option they are willing to consider......under ANY circumstances.

2) Global warming......or is it climate change.........it keeps changing......may get hotter in 10 years.........maybe.......or listen to Prince Charles........we have 18 months to dramatically change the world or we ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!

I say that it is all we need to know about the Earth is in the book of Revelation.

Well, you can count out the alternatives to fuel because the politicians won't allow it. They stand to loose alot if we aren't as dependant on that oil. What are they going to have to hold over our heads? Plus the middle eastern countries would be quite ticked if we aren't totally dependant on them too. In the end, it all is going to boil down to politics. And we, the consumers, loose either way.

Nuclear plants are absolutely insane. I thought so before terrorism, now I know so. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed or die of cancer years from now. And they don't even know where to put the waste. The thought of it being stored on the shore of Lake Michigan also scares me to death.

We need more solar and wind power. But with that too, everybody says, "Not in my backyard."

Not to change the subject...but I have been to Three Mile Island. Every single one of the built in safeguards on that reactor WORKED. It all did exactly what it was supposed to do. And yet like so many other things the knee jerk reaction Americans had was to pull the plug on nuclear energy. This was a huge mistake. We DO have someplace to store spent fuel that is far safer than where it's currently stored, but the Eco-facists have blocked it's use. Don't give me that "nuclear bad" clap-trap! In the south where they're having water supply problems they could use a nuclear powered desalinization plant to make fresh water AND electricity from sea water. Sea level is rising from global warming which is being helped along by coal fired power plants isn't it? Come out into the light of day and take a good look around. If you don't like what you see, crawl back in your cave. But don't drag the rest of us along with you. We return you now to regular programming. We were talking about untapped domestic oil reserves.

OMG......just yesterday afternoon $3.98!! Well I suppose the government will do something when it hits $10 a gallon and the nation begins to RIOT!!!

scrabler, the Chenobyl reactor was of a type that is not permitted to be used in the USA. Indeed, you won't even find it being used anymore in Russia. It was known to be a dangerous type of reactor back when it exploded that the guys who were operating it were inept as they come. If you read about the Chernobyl event, you'll see that the so-called "engineers" were conducting a "test" to see how little coolant water that they could get away with using. They found out! As regards France and nuclear power, read this article. France is not only building nukes and reprocessing spent fuel, they are also making a killing reprocessing other countries' spent fuel rods. We are seriously missing the boat.

We are not the only users of oil. Demand for oil is increasing dramatically in developing countries.

The notion that we can "conserve" our way out of this is without a rational premise.

I am all for conservation, but, the larger reality is that there is plenty of oil around and there are too many "idealistic fools" out there who have at least for the time being, won the political debate.

I don't care who the President is, there will be no Presidential leadership to increase domestic drilling. And even if there where, the Congress won't allow it.

It's a plot, a conspiracy. That is clear.

Garbageman is dead right. Civilized and industrialized nations thrive on the skills of it's labor force. Because it people that work that generate taxes. Without jobs, no workers. Understand that this is serious, people who commute for a living are having to either quit or move. Companies are flying out of here faster then the birds, and our borders are as porous as a sponge. Continue on the path we are on and our children will be sorry for it.