Finally A Solution To Our Dependence On Oil - More Oil! (Trees And Things)

1fastdog: Saudis, mainly.

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:11:26 EST

Please expand a bit on how the supply of oil from oil producing countries like Venezuela and the Mid-east, combined with the rising demand from countries like China are outweighed by "politics

Well, the simplest scenario goes something like this:

gaspacho: Re: Man, tax

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:23:51 EST

this "runs out" you speak of...where is the energy shortage in a world with access to nuclear power and why does a paucity of oil drive economic collapse and not economic innovation and adaptation?

An excellent question!

Regrettably, th

wetkarma: Re: Man, tax

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:20:57 EST

Then when the oil "runs out" the economy will "collapse", thereby making it easier for those in the flyover states to "starve".

An excellent suggestion! Almost as good as the proposition that N. America switches over to the use of small car

wetkarma: Re: Oil Prices? Politics!

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:10:55 EST

Oil prices have nothing to do with anything but politics. Starting in the summer of 2000, Bush was behind in the polls and prices at the pump started to rise while Bush started harping on drilling in ANWR and promoting his knowledge of oil. &

kcwookie: Oil Prices? Politics!

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:37:07 EST
Oil prices have nothing to do with anything but politics. Starting in the summer of 2000, Bush was behind in the polls and prices at the pump started to rise while Bush started harping on drilling in ANWR and promoting his knowledge of oil. Aft

gaspacho: Man, tax

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:29:58 EST
I propose that we "do nothing".
Then when the oil "runs out" the economy will "collapse", thereby making it easier for those in the flyover states to "starve".
Needless to say, these fine citizens will of course die "happy", knowing tha

thefadd: Re: Tax, man

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:32:49 EST
I propose we collect all the sparsely distributed people living in "flyover country" and perhaps create "camps" where they could be "concentrated". This way the citizenry could be easily taxed and thus alternative energy sources would appear. Also this

wetkarma: Re: Tax, man

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:20:41 EST

I like the European approach of taxing gas at the pumps, such that the price is like twice what it is in North America. That keeps the cars small, and encourages public transit.
Your "one size fits all" theory for human transportation regard

patientfox: On public transportation

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:03:52 EST
I like the European approach of taxing gas at the pumps, such that the price is like twice what it is in North America. That keeps the cars small, and encourages public transit.
While this sounds good coming from a common sense perspective, you h

eminem enterprises: Tax, man

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:11:37 EST
I like the European approach of taxing gas at the pumps, such that the price is like twice what it is in North America. That keeps the cars small, and encourages public transit. It is also economically justifiable, as it recaptures a lot of the negative "e

eduardo: Subject is too long (max is 50 characters).

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:37:38 EST
In my experience, companies ( and people ) do what they're best at. Quite frankly, I'd expect the next energy revolution to come out of someone's garage, not an oil company's R&D lab, because that's not where their brains are at.
Most of what I know