tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post1639923415242513365..comments2023-10-31T04:37:20.113-07:00Comments on Bloviating Zeppelin: US: The Energy Question, Now PredominantBloviating Zeppelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-81471041216375429372011-02-02T22:53:50.008-08:002011-02-02T22:53:50.008-08:00BZ,your arguments are cogent and rational. As such...BZ,your arguments are cogent and rational. As such, they will never be adopted.Bob Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452703873713992208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-51659795842848024422011-02-02T16:52:58.527-08:002011-02-02T16:52:58.527-08:00@Old NFO, as much as it is a cartel (OPEC) a lot o...@Old NFO, as much as it is a cartel (OPEC) a lot of the rising prices this go round is due almost exclusively to dollar devaluation. It is affecting commodity prices across the board really.cwhiatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492547034803381135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-78483417391800463032011-02-02T16:50:08.527-08:002011-02-02T16:50:08.527-08:00That's exactly what I'm saying. Legislativ...That's exactly what I'm saying. Legislativel they could brute force to ensure domestic oil doesn't end up on the global market but that'd be F'd up. They could, I suppose try to craft some legislation thereby persuading the to keep it domestic I suppose.cwhiatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492547034803381135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-5492440178923246572011-02-02T13:41:22.661-08:002011-02-02T13:41:22.661-08:00I truly believe they WANT to see $5 a gallon gas i...I truly believe they WANT to see $5 a gallon gas in the US... sigh...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-49233350407296807752011-02-02T11:04:10.609-08:002011-02-02T11:04:10.609-08:00KurtP: dammit, why couldn't I have seen that??...KurtP: dammit, why couldn't I have seen that?? Excellent point.<br /><br />TF: and that's so SMART isn't it, Fred? Yeah, let's take down the entire grid predicated upon a host of soon-to-be-mandated electric cars that, in truth, will sit in their garages because there isn't ENOUGH JUICE to make them RUN.<br /><br />cj: just as my sidebar says: drill now, build now, cut now!<br /><br />soapster: so you're saying there is no way for the US to be the beneficiary of its own supply??<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-38076831354539174232011-02-02T05:57:04.688-08:002011-02-02T05:57:04.688-08:00Domestic oil drilling would simply add more oil to...Domestic oil drilling would simply add more oil to the global oil supply which, as you well know, is under the direct control of a cartel much like the banking industry.<br /><br />In a free-market, it is true that adding more oil to the overall supply would bring the price down. They're not operating in a free-market.cwhiatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492547034803381135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-39020706718296617072011-02-01T22:11:42.500-08:002011-02-01T22:11:42.500-08:00BZ -
Put me in the drill, baby, drill club...
We...BZ -<br /><br />Put me in the drill, baby, drill club...<br /><br />We cannot be held hostage by thugs and loons in the middle east but that's exactly where we're going to end up if we don't get our shit together. <br /><br />cjhCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798965643027904154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-1203166906189169422011-02-01T21:09:06.058-08:002011-02-01T21:09:06.058-08:00If the Dems, Libs, tree huggers and assorted idiot...If the Dems, Libs, tree huggers and assorted idiots would pull their heads OUT of their collective asses, they would realize that we have more than enough oil to sustain twice our level of consumption for at least 100 more years... IF we'd just drill for it... <br /><br />IF, during the next 100 years some bright guy can't come up with a viable replacement for oil, I won't give a damn, I'll be dead and gone...TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412925337032937983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-91725153577178325732011-02-01T20:10:40.100-08:002011-02-01T20:10:40.100-08:00Uh, come ON B.Z.
We'll have plenty of alterna...Uh, come ON B.Z.<br /><br />We'll have plenty of alternative power as soon as they get the right bean mixture feeding those Unicorns.KurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.com