(April 4th, 2008) Congressman Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD] takes the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to speak about Energy.
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lwkyqFB-34
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 2]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=506-2_zxYns
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 3]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyliwrgbLvo
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 4]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEZqOek0KQ
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 5]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYNuGlDXLo
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 6]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llQIfZXt_88
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 7]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvAdLvaCx70
TRANSCRIPT
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77531&id=8519674
Not exactly Jeffersonian, is he? Keep in mind Ron Paul’s tip: price of gold and price of oil, parallel lines, fiat-money and price of oil, a roller coaster (fasten your paper-belts).
HIGHLIGHTS
- Ratio of energy available and growth in population… an imbalance between supply and demand [and a debased currency].
- Peak of oil production and compound interest. The U.S. has 2% of the known reserves of oil in the world and uses a fourth [25%] of the world’s oil. China is buying up oil reserves wherever they can find them.
- The Hirsch Report by SAIC: The world has never faced a problem like this [Psycho screeching violins].
- Alternatives. Nuclear. Solar and wind energy. Wood. Conventional hydro. Alcohol fuel. The hydrogen economy and the corn ethanol bubble. Geothermal. The tar sands in Canada. The tides. Oil shales. Coal. Breeder reactors. Nuclear fusion. Biomass.
- The Drive Act [will make things worse]. Can’t get no satisfaction.
SIDE NOTE: $42 a gallon
“Last year alone, the American forces in Iraq burned through more than 1.1 billion gallons of fuel… A study produced by the U.S. Military Academy estimated that delivering one gallon of fuel to U.S. soldiers in Iraq cost American taxpayers $42 — and that doesn’t include the costs of the fuel itself… the U.S. is spending $923 million per week on fuel-related logistics in Iraq.”
http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/oil-iraq-war/1208
Duration : 0:9:48
[youtube 7lwkyqFB-34]
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
load of crap !
load of crap !
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Thanks for posting! …
Thanks for posting!!
This and the “water” will be a major challenge for humankind…
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
I have a lot of …
I have a lot of respect for Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on this issue. I hope people are listening.
I know I am!!
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Ok, scrap the …
Ok, scrap the inflation figure above: “According to The Conference Board, U.S. consumers expect prices to rise 7.7 percent in the coming year.”
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Good point, seems …
Good point, seems like hybrid solutions (diesel/electric) might make the transition. I say scrap taxes everywhere, tax is robbery. There is nothing perverse about letting the market sort it out in the U.S., quite the opposite if you look at South Africa’s consumer price inflation running at over 8%, twice America’s 4%, which is already unhealthy.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
What about …
What about scrapping property tax on electrified railways? This may help realise these in the US as they are conspicuously absent in the US compared to Europe, Asia and even many parts of Africa. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and most of all: South Africa have electrified railways. What is perverse about the situation in the USA?
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
THOMAS JEFFERSON: …
THOMAS JEFFERSON: also said I TREMBLE FOR MY
NATION WHEN I CONSIDER THAT GOD IS JUST, AND HIS JUSTICE WILL NOT SLEEP FOREVER
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Google Tesla Motors …
Google Tesla Motors and Phoenix Electric Vehicles. Mass production of electric vehicles could again make the United States a world leader that manufactures something that is good for our environment and our economy. An added benefit of electric vehicle production is more jobs, improving air quality, and decreasing our dependence on foreign oil.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
take action! ha too …
take action! ha too fukin late
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Oil $126 today…. …
Oil $126 today….it hasn’t even been a month since this video was posted.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Its 30 years to …
Its 30 years to late;If the OPEC crisis of 73
had been acted on in a progressive manner and seen as a presage of grimmer times to come;But it wasn’t and humanity is heading towards its greatest crisis and posibly its most defining decision;To evolve or degenerate into a desperate animalistic rabble.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
So peak oil is here …
So peak oil is here. Not in the future but NOW.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Ok, thanks!
Ok, thanks!
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
@ Jaralero , I am …
@ Jaralero , I am putting this on my facebook account
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
now we need one to …
now we need one to take action
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
well, we’ve got at …
well, we’ve got at least one congressman who gets it.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
very importent
very importent