Comments on: Is there an easy way out of the “OIL” mess we’ve gotten ourselves into? http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:17:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Axiom C http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3930 Axiom C Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:43:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3930 There is no easy way sadly, the only thing that we can do is keep trying to fight our way out of the hole that we have dug ourselves into. First off we need to organize, get together with the people who really care about what’s going on today and don’t waste too much time on the people who don’t. The problem is that there are too many people trying to be heroes by taking on this oil crisis by themselves: Michael Moore, Al Gore for example. What’s the sense in making a documentary if the only thing that is done is that we sit back, watch it, say “That’s F-ed-up,” and still do nothing about it? It’s a fact of nature that there’s safety in numbers; the founding fathers of our country were a small group of men that had to struggle to and fight for what we have today, and they have made a great difference (Federalist Papers). Second we need to educate ourselves we’ll never be able to go anywhere if we don’t understand the situation and be able to argue intelligently. I now that there are allot of people out there who think that their “smart enough already” but if you carry this errant philosophy around to long you will never be able to truly understand the meaning of true intelligence. We are on a path of self destruction right now and if we don’t do something fast there will be no future for us or our children. So I ask everyone who may care enough to read this to set aside their hubris and lackadaisical nature so that we may be able save or future, if not for yourself, then for our children. Feel free to E-mail me, vg_champ@hotmail.com<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly There is no easy way sadly, the only thing that we can do is keep trying to fight our way out of the hole that we have dug ourselves into. First off we need to organize, get together with the people who really care about what’s going on today and don’t waste too much time on the people who don’t. The problem is that there are too many people trying to be heroes by taking on this oil crisis by themselves: Michael Moore, Al Gore for example. What’s the sense in making a documentary if the only thing that is done is that we sit back, watch it, say “That’s F-ed-up,” and still do nothing about it? It’s a fact of nature that there’s safety in numbers; the founding fathers of our country were a small group of men that had to struggle to and fight for what we have today, and they have made a great difference (Federalist Papers). Second we need to educate ourselves we’ll never be able to go anywhere if we don’t understand the situation and be able to argue intelligently. I now that there are allot of people out there who think that their “smart enough already” but if you carry this errant philosophy around to long you will never be able to truly understand the meaning of true intelligence.
We are on a path of self destruction right now and if we don’t do something fast there will be no future for us or our children. So I ask everyone who may care enough to read this to set aside their hubris and lackadaisical nature so that we may be able save or future, if not for yourself, then for our children.

Feel free to E-mail me, vg_champ@hotmail.com
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly

]]> By: hdean45 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3929 hdean45 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:12:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3929 No there is no fast and easy way out now. Ethanol might help but it will not replace gasoline, the same thing with hybrid cars they will help but there will always be a need for large vehicles and we could and should start drilling in the U.S.A. but even that will take time. What we should do is stop blaming the President for the problem and waiting for the next administration to fix the problem because that's a year away and I don't think any thing will change then. We need to come to-gather, decide what we want to do and put pressure on our government officials to make it happen.<br><b>References : </b><br> No there is no fast and easy way out now. Ethanol might help but it will not replace gasoline, the same thing with hybrid cars they will help but there will always be a need for large vehicles and we could and should start drilling in the U.S.A. but even that will take time. What we should do is stop blaming the President for the problem and waiting for the next administration to fix the problem because that’s a year away and I don’t think any thing will change then. We need to come to-gather, decide what we want to do and put pressure on our government officials to make it happen.
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]]> By: LadySable http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3928 LadySable Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:51:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3928 Unfortunately, our Government IS the problem. Our Government not only has vehicles that run on water alone but they also purchased the rights for a carburetor that provides over 200 miles per gallon. Since alternatives are available and have been available for well over 30 years, one wonders why these methods aren't currently available to it's citizens. The answer is fairly easy to come up with when you consider that all of our Presidents have had links to the oil industry in one way or another. To share the technology for an automobile that runs on water or to allow the purchase of a carburetor that will provide 200 + miles per gallon of gas would impact their finances. Who says the President is dumb? Republican or Democrat, it doesn't matter. Both will refuse to share their wealth with the American people.<br><b>References : </b><br>Seen both Unfortunately, our Government IS the problem.

Our Government not only has vehicles that run on water alone but they also purchased the rights for a carburetor that provides over 200 miles per gallon.

Since alternatives are available and have been available for well over 30 years, one wonders why these methods aren’t currently available to it’s citizens.

The answer is fairly easy to come up with when you consider that all of our Presidents have had links to the oil industry in one way or another. To share the technology for an automobile that runs on water or to allow the purchase of a carburetor that will provide 200 + miles per gallon of gas would impact their finances.

Who says the President is dumb? Republican or Democrat, it doesn’t matter. Both will refuse to share their wealth with the American people.
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]]> By: TaMeishia O http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3927 TaMeishia O Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:22:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3927 I'm not even going to read all of that. The government should've forced car companies to reach standards a long time ago. If benchmarks were set decades ago, every car would probably get 50-100 miles/gal. by now. The last thing I want to see is a person driving a Ford F-350 complaining about gas prices. If you can afford the gas, then it's okay; but don't whine when the fact that your truck only gets 10 miles/gal. and gas is above $3. Why would someone with an office job need a work truck? When the U.S. expanded west, efficient public transportation systems weren't built. Most roads don't even have bike paths. I'm not riding a scooter because I'm afraid of the bad drivers in San Antonio and their huge vehicles. We can't just keep on depending on finding new oil deposits, we will always suck them dry and be left looking for more.<br><b>References : </b><br> I’m not even going to read all of that. The government should’ve forced car companies to reach standards a long time ago. If benchmarks were set decades ago, every car would probably get 50-100 miles/gal. by now. The last thing I want to see is a person driving a Ford F-350 complaining about gas prices. If you can afford the gas, then it’s okay; but don’t whine when the fact that your truck only gets 10 miles/gal. and gas is above $3. Why would someone with an office job need a work truck? When the U.S. expanded west, efficient public transportation systems weren’t built. Most roads don’t even have bike paths. I’m not riding a scooter because I’m afraid of the bad drivers in San Antonio and their huge vehicles. We can’t just keep on depending on finding new oil deposits, we will always suck them dry and be left looking for more.
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]]> By: ZardoZ http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3926 ZardoZ Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:53:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3926 The US should be committed to a new venture like the Marshall Plan. We should be building a new nuclear power plant every month, and none have been permitted since the three mile island problem. (I know I won't win any friends with that answer) We should be more involved in bio-fuels also. Instead we try to figure out how we can solve the oil problem. It can't be solved. The world is passed peak oil.. The emerging countries of China and India require more gasoline every day. We need to change and do it now. ed: It would take three years to get ANWR oil on line.<br><b>References : </b><br> The US should be committed to a new venture like the Marshall Plan. We should be building a new nuclear power plant every month, and none have been permitted since the three mile island problem. (I know I won’t win any friends with that answer) We should be more involved in bio-fuels also.
Instead we try to figure out how we can solve the oil problem. It can’t be solved. The world is passed peak oil.. The emerging countries of China and India require more gasoline every day.

We need to change and do it now.

ed: It would take three years to get ANWR oil on line.
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]]> By: John V http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3925 John V Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:36:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3925 Yeah, I read the op ed by that Victor Davis Hansen guy in the SF chronicle this morning (on the train as I commuted to work b/c gas is so expensive these days). My answer is: No, there is no easy way out. Unfortunately, our global,national and even local economies runs on oil. We need to find a way to change our current automobile fleet into one that runs on something we can produce here, be that bio fuel, hydrogen, etc. That is way easier said than done though. Most experts agree there is no magic bullet, that is, there will have to be a comprehensive set of fuels which replace oil. Developing an infrastructure which sustains that for the transition between oil to this new set of fuels will be very challenging. To the guy that said bio diesel, that is part of the solution maybe, but to switch the entire automobile/trucking fleet to a bio diesel standard would require too much crop acreage unless the internal combustion engine were made more thermodynamically efficient or replaced with something new.<br><b>References : </b><br> Yeah, I read the op ed by that Victor Davis Hansen guy in the SF chronicle this morning (on the train as I commuted to work b/c gas is so expensive these days).

My answer is: No, there is no easy way out. Unfortunately, our global,national and even local economies runs on oil. We need to find a way to change our current automobile fleet into one that runs on something we can produce here, be that bio fuel, hydrogen, etc. That is way easier said than done though. Most experts agree there is no magic bullet, that is, there will have to be a comprehensive set of fuels which replace oil. Developing an infrastructure which sustains that for the transition between oil to this new set of fuels will be very challenging.

To the guy that said bio diesel, that is part of the solution maybe, but to switch the entire automobile/trucking fleet to a bio diesel standard would require too much crop acreage unless the internal combustion engine were made more thermodynamically efficient or replaced with something new.
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]]> By: stoppdemadness2003 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3924 stoppdemadness2003 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:01:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3924 YES, PUT BUSH AND CHENEY IN AN IRAQI PRISON<br><b>References : </b><br> YES, PUT BUSH AND CHENEY IN AN IRAQI PRISON
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]]> By: Brian I http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3923 Brian I Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:39:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3923 Yes, it's called oil rehab. Throw the country down, force it to come up with something and come out stronger than ever. Sometimes you have to bottom out before something happens. That's how addictions are kicked.<br><b>References : </b><br> Yes, it’s called oil rehab. Throw the country down, force it to come up with something and come out stronger than ever.

Sometimes you have to bottom out before something happens. That’s how addictions are kicked.
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]]> By: m b http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3922 m b Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:22:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3922 The idea is to buy everyone elses oil until its gone, and then use all our oil last so no one else can have any.<br><b>References : </b><br> The idea is to buy everyone elses oil until its gone, and then use all our oil last so no one else can have any.
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]]> By: Hi http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/comment-page-1#comment-3921 Hi Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:17:59 +0000 http://www.e-peakoil.com/offshore-oil-production/is-there-an-easy-way-out-of-the-%e2%80%9coil%e2%80%9d-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into#comment-3921 nope, we're doomed<br><b>References : </b><br> nope, we’re doomed
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