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Its hurting us because of my wifes Job with Haliburton being Outsourced,having to drive 55 miles one way for School to retrain her.We have to have Full Size 4WD to get in and out of our place.We can't sell the place because of the Housing Market.
1. Drilling moratorium, Gulf of Mexico
2. Near-complete stop on new Gulf permits
3. Revocation of previously granted exploration and production leases in continental US.
4. Refusal to permit drilling in Alaska, onshore and offsore, which may result in dismantling the Alaska Pipeline for below-minimum usage within six years.
5. Diversion of scarce resources to subsidize uneconomic electric hobbymobiles for the upper class.
6. Diversion of scarce resources to subsidize uneconomic wind energy, ethanol, and other green energy cons.
The market will drive us to the most efficient sources, oil now and something else later. Government interference in traditional energy production or alternatives is not helping us.
1. Drilling moratorium only applies to deep water rigs until they can show a containment system for any spills they cause.
2. New permits are like green firewood. Good for the future, not for now. There are hundreds of perfectly good wells in the gulf that are currently capped only because the industry doesn't want to tap them.
3. I'd like to see a link where previously permitted drilling has been revoked
4. Bush had 8 years and he didn't permit drilling in the areas you site.
5. The cheap 60MPH gas/hybred is just around the corner. But you won't like it cause it's small and you can't flatten a Prius when you T-Bone it.
6. It's called development. Things of this scale need to be subsidized by the government. It will all pay off in the end.
You've pointed out all the challenges we face but provided no solutions. I assume your only solution is to Drill baby drill and we can't forget Obama's foot on the neck of the oil industry. Total deregulation and rampant exploitation of our remaining resources is really the only solution the republicans have.
We could all suck it up and purchase a way overpriced Volt. The kicker is that if enough people went the electric route...our grid will collapse. I believe we're screwed either way. Of course we could figure out a way to have a 100 MPG V8 engine. Any idea's on how to do that?
We could all suck it up and purchase a way overpriced Volt. The kicker is that if enough people went the electric route...our grid will collapse. I believe we're screwed either way. Of course we could figure out a way to have a 100 MPG V8 engine. Any idea's on how to do that?
No. But the industry would easily create a 60mpg 4 cyl, 4 seater for under 10 thousand. People will buy them once the price of gas is right.
Doing OK so far. Cutting down on our driving a bit to cope, but we have everything we need within a very short distance, and can reach most of it by public transit if it comes down to that. I sympathize with exurbanites though.
The problem is that not only are gas prices rising, so is everything else. If it was just gas, then people could absorb it. Goody for you if it doesn`t affect you personaly, but there are lot of Americans that it will affect.
1. Drilling moratorium, Gulf of Mexico
2. Near-complete stop on new Gulf permits
3. Revocation of previously granted exploration and production leases in continental US.
4. Refusal to permit drilling in Alaska, onshore and offsore, which may result in dismantling the Alaska Pipeline for below-minimum usage within six years.
5. Diversion of scarce resources to subsidize uneconomic electric hobbymobiles for the upper class.
6. Diversion of scarce resources to subsidize uneconomic wind energy, ethanol, and other green energy cons.
The market will drive us to the most efficient sources, oil now and something else later. Government interference in traditional energy production or alternatives is not helping us.
Except the recent run up in oil prices has absolutely nothing to do with any oil shortages or supply shortages as there isn't any. Its called a commodity and the price is determined completely by spot and futures traders. This administration like previous administrations has very little effect as to what the price of oil will be, even way in the future.
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Total deregulation and rampant exploitation of our remaining resources is really the only solution the republicans have.
