This has been my problem from the get go. Obama and many others use the mantra of being for "change" yet no one, and I mean no one, has offered up what the hell that is supposed to mean. Change is such a vague term and could apply to anything and nothing at the same time. Just once I would like to hear someone tell me what Obama wants to "change" and how he plans to do it, as of yet I haven't heard anything.
[quote]It is time for America to turn the page--alternative energy should replace fossil fuel like the computer replaced the typewriter.[/quote] The computer replaced the typewriter when it is economically feasible for the average person to afford it (you can get a cheap computer for a couple hunderd dollars today). Show me an alternative energy that is currently economically feasible to replace oil. At the moment there aren't any, they're getting close but they simply aren't there ye
[quote]PS How can I get a list of the “code” words that make the left paranoid and go into conspiracy mode?[/quote] Just pick up any webster's dictionary and begin reading. [quote]He already does think he is the President. He's just going through the campaign motions because they are making him. That was the point of his special Obama-style presidential seal. He has his chair on his campaign airplane embroidered with President. I have a problem with the presumptiveness. He
[quote]I think that's a great idea! Saddly I fear there would be endless squabbling over who would get what. So long as Canada gets hockey for the winter games I'd be happy. I think perhaps the Finns and Russians might have a word or two to say with us on that however![/quote] There's already endless squabbling over who gets the site every time a site is chosen. That's why there is the Olympic Committe, supposedly to make an impartial decision.
Here's a random uninformed thought. Rather than have one olympic city why not spread the games around the world? Obviously you need to have some games more centralize, ie all track and field sports need to take place in the same location, but there are plenty of games that could be spread around a bit. Why can't basketball go to one country, track and field go to another, all pool related activities to another, etc. Also why should there be a need to build brand new stadiums every 4
[quote]I sympathized with your position; but the broader picture warrants some bailout to avoid widespread panic however bitter the aftertaste.[/quote] The problem is that the bailout causes more problems than it solves. Because the Fed bailed out Bear Stearns the value of our dollar suffered. This in turn has caused prices to rise across the board. There will be ramifications to congress bailing out the two FMs it's just that enough time hasn't passed yet. The bottom line here is t
[quote]How can the oil companies make more money by drilling more oil in America since according to you their profits are fixed by congress at 9.9 cents per gallon?[/quote] You are cofusing oil with gas. Their profits on gas are fixed at 9.9 cents per gallon but if they don't have to buy as much oil from other countries to produce that gas then they can keep more money for themselves hence increasing their overall profit. [quote]How will drilling more oil in America reduce the
[quote]Again, the commonality between all of his proposals? No real change. Stick to existing technologies and methods and dress them up real nice and purdy to make them more palatable for the public. Any viable alternatives that are free after initial installation? Well that's an outright sin in the eyes of the free marketeers! Every service on the planet must be generating a continuous profit they cry, and so we are left with a gameplan that will see to our eventual extinction if we don't chan
[quote]Sorry El Duderino, I should read all responses before replying.[/quote] Not a problem, great minds think alike. [quote]Considering that both Britain and France have ordered construction of dozens of nuclear power plants, what the hell are the Democrats waiting for? They should unite with Republicans to usher in the new Nuclear power age...[/quote] I couldn't agree more. The problem is that the same people who claim to want alternative energies will fight you to
[quote]By the way, please explain to Paladin77 that the way to make a lot of money is to sell every drop at a very high price, he doesn’t appear to understand.[/quote] No one here is denying that to make a lot of money you want to sell every drop at a very high price, the problem is that you can only sell something for a price people are willing to pay. As you have seen once gas prices hit $4/gallon American demand for gas started dropping off pretty quick as more and more people turne
[quote]Ever try to rent an apartment with a lousy credit rating?[/quote] But whose fault is it that the persons credit rating is low? Why should I have to pay for someone elses mistakes? I never said it wouldn't be difficult to find housing, just not impossible.
[quote]It’s not the same for oil companies. Wal-mart purchase its products from the manufactory sector which can constantly replenish the product. Therefore, Wal-mart can buy in bulk and sell for less. Crude oil is not manufactured nor replenished. There is just so much oil to go around. In fact, there are approximately 1,200,000,000,000 trillion barrels of oil reserves world wide. Even you could understand that the profits would be greater at $140 a barrel (1.2 trillion x 140 = 168 trillion dol
[quote]If the The US goes to a universal health care system it will be a bad thing for future health care as a whole. There wont be as much incentive to make new medicines or advance medical tech.[/quote] If you want an example of what will happen to our medical industry if we implement a universal healthcare system just take a look at our public education system. A universal healthcare system will take a similar route. that's not to say that we don't need to reform our healthcare s
[quote]Analyzing things objectively, it simply doesn't make sense to continue the addiction to oil. The most patriotic thing you can do to get off of foreign dependency is to switch to alternatives. Sure, go ahead and drill all over the place in ANWR and off the coast. But those are the last big, easily recoverable untapped reserves you have in-country. Dipping into the cookie jar for that rainy day money should only come as a stop-gap measure to hold you over while you transition to alternative
[quote]I understand that we currently have rather large fiends that are untapped. What is this push to open other areas except to give Exxon and the like more domain to choose from?[/quote] The problem is that the millions of acres currently leased to the oil companies have little to no oil in them making them unprofitable at best so why would the oil companies drill there? It's like telling someone to go into the desert in search of water, sure there's some oasis' out there but they
[quote]However, Bush and his crew have no plan for embracing alternatives. This is something that needs massive initiatives and R&D between government and industry. California was quite succesful in the mid-90's in getting 100% electric cars on the road, which were wildly popular with everyone who was lucky enough to lease one. As soon as the laws were changed, however, GM scrapped the entire EV program and re-possessed all the cars. If Bush were to say- "Increase production now in the short
[quote]Cruiser: That's all we need millions more to the homeless list. [/quote] Just because you shouldn't have gotten a mortgage in the first place doesn't mean that you end up homeless, there are things called apartments. I mean these people weren't homeless before so why should they be homeless afterwards. They simply need to live in a place that's affordable. There is no reason why someone pulling in $30K/year should be buying a house that costs $300K, the math just do
[quote]This is the argument I used above for the good old days, except the volume will no longer be there unless you wish to continue filling the highways with Humvees, trucks and SUVs. Moreover, the oil industry would prefer to pump less at a higher price as the cost of productivity is essential.[/quote] You are only thinking about the US in your argument. The volume that I am talking about is worldwide. India and China are in the midst of a major industrial revolution which requires
[quote]I do not believe adding wilderness areas and offshore areas will help. We do not have the refining capacity period and it would take years to develop it as well as build the infrastructure to bring oil from any new drilling sites to any new refineries.[/quote] It's going to take even longer to develop the infrastucture for the alternative fuels, like hydrogen. There are currently like 150,000 gas stations across the country, there are 3 hydrogen fueling stations all in southern
[quote]Do you really think the oil companies want to sell their product for less money (less profit)?[/quote] If they can sell in higher volume at a lower price it can end up being more profitable. Look at Wal-mart, relatively cheap prices but they sell in high volume so they make huge profits. It's the same for oil companies, these are random numbers but if the oil companies are able to sell 70 million barrels of oil a day at $140/barrel vs. 100 million barrels at $100/barrel which i
[quote]And as an aside, even though we produce all of our own oil and export 1.5 million barrels per day to the States, as Canadians we pay more for gas than you do!!![/quote] You've gotta pay for universal healthcare somehow. Guess what's going to happen to us if Obama is elected and congress approves his universal healthcare plan. Our taxes will end up going through the roof and one of them will be our gas taxes.
[quote]Yes, and let's see how long your country could last without foreign oil. Let's see, you'd need to increase your current domestic production by, umm 400 %!!! Not only that, but even if you managed to return your production to it's peak of 9.some million barrels per day (attained in 1970 and has been dropping ever since) You'd still not even be producing half of what your country consumes!!! Not only that, but you'd also have to more than double the number of refineries in the U.S
It's just like when most attacks on Hillary immediately had you labeled a sexist. It's ridiculous over-sensitive nonesense. I'm not saying that there aren't racists or sexists out there but to take every critical comment as such is ridiculous.
If production is down to less than half a million barrels a day currently and a new drilling site(s) is(are) opened to increase production, even if it is only back up to 1.5 million barrels a day isn't that still an increase in production which is an increase in domestic supply? And based on the laws of supply and demand if supply increases and demand remains the same then prices should fall slightly. Hell even if demand increases based on current production wouldn't prices rise less if we inc
That is very true and everyone should take some note of this. My guess is that your friend noticed this while listening to one pundit or another (like Hannity, O'Reily, or any number of liberal pundits) and this is where everyone should learn something. When you are dealing with a debator, primarily the pundits, when they are debating they will do everything in their power to create what is known as a strawman arguments. This is where they will draw some connection between you and some unreas