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To: Brumar89 who wrote (586)	7/7/2008 9:18:09 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) of 86355

If you're not in favor of foregoing producing more conventionally here, you should stop angrily objecting when someone advocates doing that. Like this: You can produce "more" oil and natural gas in the US and it won't make a bit of F'ing difference. Well if you guys would stop talking like drilling is a solution, and embrace the real opportunity, you might be met with less frustration. I suppose I should have said 2% - thats what a couple means literally and a couple is what you said... The couple of percentage points I was referring to is the unexploited US reserves compared to world production. Drill away but it probably won't equal a two year increase in China and India consumption. 1) you and mindmeld tend to talk about conservation and producing more domestic energy as mutually exclusive alternatives (as observed above, advocating more domestic production actually angers you) No you guys are the mutually exclusive guys. We are actually looking for a solution. You guys keep beating a dead horse for political one-ups-manship. 2) you assume conservation has to be commanded by some collective decision imposed by the government. In reality, the only way meaningful conservation is gonna happen is people voluntarily responding to prices. Government mandates just about everything that makes every auto "roadworthy". The 'free market' didn't put 100's of safety features in cars... the government did. The government currently has CAFE standards... this is not revolutionary, it's just recognizing a huge problem and adjusting standards to meet the national interest. When the rubber meets the road the government mandates almost everything from headlights to stop lights. Quit acting like an abused little libertarian and recognize reality.

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