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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: Dan B. who wrote (76134)5/9/2006 4:06:58 PM
From: OrcastraiterRead Replies (2) of 81568
 
Who will bring us the energy for tomorrow? The oil companies? Demand is not running ahead of supply. This actually makes a great scenario for oil company profits as we have seen.

While they are making such huge profits of oil...will they look into alternative energy? Probably not.

That's where it takes a government policy that moves us away from oil and into renewable sources of energy. This will happen only if there are incentives that can match the profitability of the oil. Research and development. Will the oil companies research alternatives to oil? Probably not.

This is a classic place for government to step in and provide the funding to get us moved off the oil patch. Some taxation of record profits seems reasonable as a source of funding for this national security need...energy independence.

Orca
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