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"Ted Mittelstaedt" > wrote in part:
> >"Jim Chinnis" > wrote in message .. . >> "Ted Mittelstaedt" > wrote in part: >> >> >At any rate, we already know what we need to do to the economy to >> >reduce dependence on foreign oil. We need to migrate the economy >> >to renewable power sources. And there are not many of them. Wind >> >power is really one of the few available that has enough energy to >> >run the economy. Nuclear is another if you can accept the waste problem >> >(most people can't) The rest of them, such as damming rivers, direct >> >photovoltiac conversion, geothermal, biofuel and so forth, either have >> >unwanted >> >side effects (fish kills) or are too terribly inefficient, or there >aren't >> >enough >> >of them, to provide sufficient energy. >> >> But none of those approaches has a chance while oil is cheap. So, >> yeah, we know what we need to do. > >But, it isn't cheap, actually. It is just the costs are spread elsewhere. The marginal cost to a consumer is cheap. That's why alternative sources won't fly. I don't disagree that the hidden costs are substantial, but they are hidden and don't influence consumers' choices. >Let's face it, the entire reason Bush invaded Iraq was oil. If the cost >of that war was entirely paid for by a federal tax on each barrel of >oil, you would see sudden readjustment in people thinking of oil being >"cheap" And while we are at it, might as well pay for all the >bribery I-mean-foreign-aid that we give Israel, Saudia Arabia, and >all the rest of the mid East countries to keep a lid on things over there. > >One of these days, and I hope I'm alive to see it, the Mid East will run >out of oil. When that happens the rest of the developed worlds governments, >including China, are going to turn their back on that area of the globe. >We will just build a giant fence around it, and let the occupants go >free to murder each other over 'their homelands' Maybe once they >have had a few generations of total warfare against each other and >flattened most of their population centers, they might get sick of it - >or if they cannot learn, then they will just end up killing each other off >until nobody is left. Either way, problem solved. > >Until then the rest of the world is stuck dumping money into that >snake pit. > >I guess we ought at least to thank our lucky stars that so many of >the people over there are mentally ****ed in the head with all this >religion crapola - if the societies in the Mid East ever came to their >senses and banded together, the rest of us in the world would >be their slaves. > >Ted There are religious fundamentalists everywhere. They know what God wants done and they let no one get in the way of carrying out "his" will. -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA |
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> ...Let's face it, the entire reason Bush invaded Iraq was oil... Aww - give me a break, Ted! Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x') |
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In alt.autos.ford Joseph Oberlander > wrote:
> The Government won't allow it to be tested - they have this Suzuki > Samurai fake image in their heads despite it being tested extensively > in Europe and passing much tougher standards. They just say that > it's "too small" and know that it can't possibly be "safe". Idiots. That's a little too conspiratorial for me. The manufacturer has to submit cars for testing, which is too expensive if Daimler thinks it won't sell in the US. I doubt that the testing agency would ever refuse to test a car from a major manufacturer. -- --- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5 |
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In alt.autos.ford Joseph Oberlander > wrote:
> ZAP is run by a bonch of self-serving morons who only > pretend to care about the environment. I know, I met > them years ago when I lived in Santa Rosa. I remember them un-fondly from a few years ago, when I was thinking of getting an electric motorcycle. But, they are in the news again today. < http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/p...24/1068/NEWS06 > "_The tiniest cars money can't buy_" -- --- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5 |
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I never expected to ever hear from someone, even in a NG, who
was that naive' Do you have any idea how much oil is used round the world every day, or all of the products that rely solely on oil for its existence? All of the so called renewable alternative energy sources combined can not replace even half of the oil currently consumed in the world. Even if all of the electricity in the world was generated by nuclear power, and not a single vehicle used gasoline, we would still need millions of barrels of crude oil every day, until we develop cost effective ways to use coal as our carbon source. mike hunt Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > But, it isn't cheap, actually. It is just the costs are spread elsewhere. > > Let's face it, the entire reason Bush invaded Iraq was oil. If the cost > of that war was entirely paid for by a federal tax on each barrel of > oil, you would see sudden readjustment in people thinking of oil being > "cheap" And while we are at it, might as well pay for all the > bribery I-mean-foreign-aid that we give Israel, Saudia Arabia, and > all the rest of the mid East countries to keep a lid on things over there. > > One of these days, and I hope I'm alive to see it, the Mid East will run > out of oil. When that happens the rest of the developed worlds governments, > including China, are going to turn their back on that area of the globe. > We will just build a giant fence around it, and let the occupants go > free to murder each other over 'their homelands' Maybe once they > have had a few generations of total warfare against each other and > flattened most of their population centers, they might get sick of it - > or if they cannot learn, then they will just end up killing each other off > until nobody is left. Either way, problem solved. > > Until then the rest of the world is stuck dumping money into that > snake pit. > > I guess we ought at least to thank our lucky stars that so many of > the people over there are mentally ****ed in the head with all this > religion crapola - if the societies in the Mid East ever came to their > senses and banded together, the rest of us in the world would > be their slaves. > > Ted |
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