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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rock_nj who wrote (25378)	5/24/2004 10:11:29 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Rock - you are both right and terribly wrong! What would a rational energy policy be? 1. To build an enormous military machine to protect and even seize the remaining oil? No, -- Totally agree! 2. a rational policy, one that would benefit everyone in society, would be to conserve energy, find alternatives, tax oil so people conserve (like much of Europe does). --Totally Agree 3. The alternatives may have been rather weak in previous decades, but certainly in the early 21st century alternatives to oil from hydrogen/fuel cells to biofuels could be realisitcally implemented. -- Totally incorrect. The Hydrogen economy concept is a pipe dream that each party should be ashamed of. 3. Just conservation alone could probably wean us off Middle Eastern oil. -- Totally flase. We use about 20 million bbls per day and produce about 8. Conservation has to be part of a total approach. We currently are not dependent on middle eastern oil per se. Most imports come from elsewhere. However, as a world commodity a shortage any where is a shortage everywhere as a bidding war would chase scarce supply. 4. There is no need to fight wars for oil. It's going to run out soon anyway. Oil is seeing it's last hurrah. Totally incorrect - not about to run out - but likely to plateau in production, 5. If current trends continue, alternatives will be cost competive with oil within 20 years. Too vague to judge. The only practical alternate is nuclear power - which incidentally is the only practical way to generate hydrogen In 30 years, Americans will look back and wonder why we ever bothered with Iraq? Our military/energy policies are very shortsighted. 30 Years is forever - who knows what will happen!