The Coming Energy Wars

I'm not sure that I understand why we can't restict the flow of food and medical innovations / supplies in order to drive down the cost of all imports. I also believe that it may be time to export the nuetron bomb and some of those bio weapons stored at Anniston Army Depot. What would we miss most, the camels?

Yes, there is global warming, it fits into the energy loss of propulsion systems, etc. If we can use all energy consumed, then global warming would be drastically reduced. Every time a car is started, heat is lost into the environment, open a door, heat is lost, manufacturing processes? More heat loss. Add it up, that is a lot of energy, every second. Heat is energy!

I think we should do steps like the following:
1) Stop subsidizing oil companies. Invest that money into renewable resources. Saying that you are going to subsidize users of oil only acts as guaranteed subsidization of oil companies.
2) Start investing in nuclear plants again, including fusion.. This will NOT solve the problem over-night and will take years for the first plants to come on line, but it will certainly help in the future. Yes, there are protesters against nuclear power, but many people have supposedly tracked down their funding to the oil companies. The US has many companies which are teaching and helping other countries in building new plants. We have the know-how.
3) Have the government SERIOUSLY invest in renewable resources (solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, geothermal).
4) Make it mandatory that all houses and buildings have solar collectors and windmills/turbines. The rebates for these should be increased.
5) I don't know if there is any way that the government can tell any company that has bought patents for new technologies that they must allow the technology to be used, but capitalism allows companies to do just that and I feel such things should be made eminent domain.
6) Invest heavily into getting better batteries into cars. If you have a good battery in your car, then most driving you do can be done just on the battery.
7) What type of after-purchase modifications to cars can be main-streamed to increase gas performance? Would you pay $500 or $1000 if you knew your car would double in mileage? If you were able to always plug in a car to charge the battery at night instead of using oil?
8) Stop the foolish hydrogen engine promise. It is much too far away and I expect will be ALWAYS 10 years away. It is a gimmick to have us stay with the gasoline cars hoping for the eventual change.
9) Do not allow food to be used for energy. The price of food is already going up due to transportation costs, but now farmers are selling what they grow for energy. That said, if we do allow food to be sold as fuel, we are currently paying farmers to not plant where we should make sure that all farms are growing if only to ensure that there is food for the masses.
10) I personally would be for taxing oil IF AND ONLY IF the money would definitely be invested DIRECTLY into renewable resources.

The reason we are in this situation is that, world-wide, people and countries need more energy and they already have the infrastructure to use oil. Therefore, everyone is going after a finite amount of available oil. That drives up the cost. There is a constant excuse that whatever we do today will not solve the problem for 5-10 years or more. Yes, this is true, but if we invested in other technologies 20 years ago, where would we be? The French in vested in nuclear power and now have a large amount of their energy NOT coming from oil.

If we allow more oil to be drilled in the US, it will only be sold on the world market. I would not expect our prices to go down, just for the oil companies to sell more barrels and make more money. That said, sure, allow safer drilling and build more refineries, but DO NOT rely on that which I fear would happen.

And, yes, there is a global warming crisis, so for those who say just make and process more oil and forget about the environment, you are hopelessly confused, or brainwashed by the oil companies.

True Andy-But HOW do we get people to ACT??and ACT NOW??!! To reverse this CYCLE OF SLAVERY? No I am Not speaking about the black/african/ethnic population>>I am speaking of the AMERICAN WORKING CLASS AS A WHOLE UNIT- HOW?? How do you present the concept of "Breaking the Cycle" to make them do a "Chicken - Neck" so to speak, and excuse the pun....plus-there are some that do not like chicken. LOL! A six pack-whatever....we are all human, we like what we like- but the POINT IS>>>>We ALL MUST WRITE TO OUR CONGRESSMAN!!!!!! Plain and simple. Take 5-9 minutes out of our day and WRITE! If we all wrote in with our disgust,angst and FURY...they would HAVE to address the CRISIS, of the "Make-Believe OIL SHORTAGE".....Last time you went to Wal-Mart--->>The shelves were FULLof Quarts of OIL>>> just an observation. LMAO!!

There are huge, full oil tankers parked in foreign and international waters around the U.S., just waiting for the price of oil to go up - they are currently experiencing "delivery problems". Iran is leasing tankers to hold a mountain of surplus oil. Venezuela can't get rid of their oil since they put an embargo on the U.S. Meanwhile demand is crashing in Europe and the U.S. Subsidies are being cut throughout Asia. Massive investment speculation occurring on oil futures. It's all a sham people.

This comment, is from one guy in Venezuela. alextb180@hotmail.com
The real reason, of $200 a barrel, is that demand is higher than the offert. Forget about not enough refineries and other simplistic explanations. Being oil a finite product, the price will tend to go higher with time and population increment. Even if new reserves are discovered. The good news, is that finally, reason will prevail ( the cost of energy will help) and people and the planet will go greener. ( Detroit will surely listen) New industries will rise, and oil industries will be smaller and join the obsolet industries of the past. This process will be slow of course, maybe 15 years or more, but is irreversible.
There is no question, that developed nations will be fare better as they are more prepared and have the knowledge and money to evolve and change faster. The monopoly of oil will go the way all monopolies have gone. So do not be sad America, rejoice, jump to all the opportunities that arise from the changes in the way of life. Eventually you will be better and more prosperous.
In Venezuela , there will be a lot lot of bread for today, maybe hunger for tomorrow.
Excuse the grammar

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2007/170907_middle_class.htm

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2007/170907_middle_class.htm

oh yeah- And the SUGAR idea is SWEET-But what will it take to make our GREEDY Government BITE??!!

Well, Hoser, there is a cycle to societies, from slavery, to free people, to apathy, then back to slavery. We have as a nation become apathetic, the time to act is now, if we are to reverse the cycle. A chicken in every pot is a fine thing as long as everyone earns their own chicken!

Hey abctechnologies, that is good food for thought. Have you considered using sugsr beats as a source? Or at one time raising wheat in northern climates was out of the question, so winter wheat was hybrided, why can't biogenetic engineering come up with a sugar cane for northern climates? Or do we really need ethanol, wouldn't HHO, Brown's gas work, it is made from water and the byproduct is water. There are many solutions to the problem of Peak oil, just have to think outside of the box!!

As some here have proposed, our country needs to move towards the development of sound nucler energy production. For the longterm sustainability of our way of life, or even close to it, at present and increasing population levels, there really is no other choice... other than a (very) drastic reduction in population levels (pick your scenario). The harnessing of fusion technology would be best, but until then a plan for disposal/storage of fissionable materials is a caveat (but European countries do it), as well as increased incidence of weapon propliferation as other countries gain hold of the technology. Alternative energies such as solar, wind, hydro and such are good choices for specific applications and should be used where reasonably applicable but cannot provide the energy required for the whole of industry and general consumption. The use of food for fuel has troublesome aspects regarding supply (and using grain is not as efficient as using sugarcane, but that would put $$ in countries south of our border and not in American companies who donate to political parties). Fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) are finite resources. They will run out eventually. Period. They do not replenish in short geological time periods. Peak oil is here or imminent. I'm very interested in what knowlege and technologies may result from the operation of the new European supercollider. Ultimately the harnessing of fusion reactions is the sole hope the longevity of the human race. I hope I'm wrong, but also planning on stocking up and moving out someplace to weather the drastic population reduction.

I DO NOT believe that Alaske or America is TAPPED OUT of oil. The oil companies WANT us to believe that...and what it boils down to is this: We, as AMERICANS have been BRAINWASHED!!! We all sit complacently by as our US Gov't sneaks away our Constitutional Rights, Raises gas prices>which started after 911, and got worse with Hurricane Katrina being anothe EXCUSE for Slapping our Faces, THEN, Rita, Then the Domino effect. A few months back Bush gave a speech and was asked if he knew what the price per GALLON of GAS was-He did not have clue!!!!!!!????? BS! His Financial PORTFOLIO IS mostly OIL!!!!! We as Americans need to DO SOMETHING. If a whole country of people will go against the leaders over food prices-what is wrong with US??!! Is it fear of retaliation? Maybe-Laziness? Probably. BRAINWASHED?? YES-DEFINITELY! The government Senaks things in on us-like LAWS, Gas/OIL prices, Tales of WAR.
God IS coming-and it is right around the corner. Read the Bible and the book of Revelation....Even if you DO NOT believe in GOD....He spells it all out right there in black and white.
**STOP the Fascism/Communism in our United States! Plan for what's left of our future.
**When is the last time a member of a median class American could PURCHASE A HOTEL? The Indians own 85% hotels in US. Aren't we LUCKY to be Americans.