"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:26:19 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:



You and your ilk always use the canard of "dependence on foreign oil" as
a
way to try and change the behavior of the people that live in the US to
your liking.

The operative word is "dependence". When the economy tanks because of the
escalating price of oil, your "ilk" will blame it on Clinton. Or when
supplies get tight, and we are in yet another oil war, blame it on the
liberals. Or when Chavez says "F* you" and stops shipping us oil,
assassinate him. It's a fair trade, blood for oil.

Let's see we can crack open ANWR, start drilling of the west coast and the
gulf of mexico. We have our own oil fields crank the pumps up on.

You pansy's keep talking about our blood for oil trades, well lets start
trading blood for oil and start pumping our own. Problem solved.

35 years ago, when the first oil crunch occurred, the smart money was on
developing an effective oil policy to prevent future occurrences. That
still hasn't happened, but then we aren't very smart, are we?

And what did the "smart money" produce? The private sector is fully capabile
of developing alternative energy sources without the governments
involvement. What are you waiting for?

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:05:08 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


Let's see we can crack open ANWR, start drilling of the west coast and the
gulf of mexico. We have our own oil fields crank the pumps up on.

You pansy's keep talking about our blood for oil trades, well lets start
trading blood for oil and start pumping our own. Problem solved.

You just don't get it. It can't be done. In this country, oil
discoveries peaked in the 1930's, production in 1971 and has been falling
ever since. It's not that the oil companies haven't been trying, it's
because the oil isn't there anymore. Oil is a *finite* resource, and this
country's tank is heading towards EMPTY.

Take a look:

http://mwhodges.home.att.net/energy/energy-a.htm


35 years ago, when the first oil crunch occurred, the smart money was on
developing an effective oil policy to prevent future occurrences. That
still hasn't happened, but then we aren't very smart, are we?

And what did the "smart money" produce? The private sector is fully
capabile of developing alternative energy sources without the governments
involvement. What are you waiting for?

That very well may be, but when you are heading for a brick wall at 90
mph, stepping on the brakes may be prudent.