The Coming Energy Wars

Wake Up America! The current problem with $4 gas could have been totally averted if we hadn't forced our Nation into being dependent on foreign oil. Keeping Oil Co's from building refineries and placing so many restrictions on them were the goals of the Greenies of the world. There is NO GLOBAL Warming crisis. 3.5 million years ago the CO2 levels in the Earth were 4 times higher than they are today. I don't recall learning in my History classes very much about factories and Mankinds carbon threat back then! What do you call what people exhale? Are they going to start taxing me to breath? The so called GW experts think they can predict their (politically driven) catastrophic demise of our planet and put the blame on mankinds hands. We can't predict the weather from one day to the next with 100% accuracy, so how can we predict GW'ing in 10 years? Of course all of this will be President Bush's fault. He caused GW'ing, he's the cause oil may hit $200/barrel ... if the Dem's are so concerned about everything they claim - why don't they give us Presidential Candidates that can fix these WORLD CRISIS. You know, the kind that invent the Internet, fly into war zones in body armour under hostile enemy fire - you know, real heroes. Folks, we've got to get these issues right. What we need are generations like past American Generations who faced adversity in the face and made this country great-not the Woodstock era. Today it's too easy for one to stay home and let the govm't take care of them. If you want that, go live in a Communist country - hope you like Grey. We need the likes of an Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Ford to step up and solve our (world) issues. Some MIT grad or some brilliant non-college indoctrinated genius that can move the hydrogen option forward. Alternative fuels are the answer but using our food supply, come on really. Bamboo, Sugar, Grass possibly. Open your eyes people and see what's happening to our country. We are loosing our identity as American's. The U.N. needs to go to some other country like France or somewhere in Africa. They are worthless, hate and blame the U.S. for everything bad in this world and have nothing more on their agenda than a One-World Government. Watch out people ... this election is more important than you could ever imagine. And Young American's - think before you vote. Read up on your history, before you cast that vote for the 1st time ... think about the consequences of your actions. America does need change - but change that allows us to become American's again. Champions of Freedom, Keepers of Peace, Helping mankind in time of need. Not the meaningless change from pseudo democrats who promise change. Change is not tieing the hands of Oil Companies, not a Windfall Tax, not socialized medicine (the name alone should tell you something), taking Oil Co. profits (Venuezula 2-step). I'm tired and said enough Wake up America.

The real reason that prices are out of our (US) control is that we have not built a new refinery in over 30 years. We are also not allowing US oil companies expand drilling for oil within the US. The demand for oil and gas has increased significantly over that time. Our politicians seem to have no problem with us being taxed for those things, they will not take action needed that may help bring down gas and oil prices. They could do this by eliminating those taxes, immediately building new refineries, immediately allowing more drilling for oil, while at the same time investing in our future by investing more in technoligical research to make more energy efficient vehicles and etc. This would help us to become less energy dependent on foreign oil companies and gradually get us to a point where we use less oil due to technological advances. What exactly have our politicians been doing over the last several years ? Coming up with a plan to help get us out of this mess does not really seem that difficult, why are none of them making this kind of recommendations? They say that eliminating those taxes will not make a difference (where is that money going anyway ??) They continue to point the finger at big oil companies despite their lack of a plan. Our Members of Congress and Senators need to get busy taking care of the peoples, and if they can't do that, we need to elect new members who will.

The real reason that prices are out of our (US) control is that we have not built a new refinery in over 30 years. We are also not allowing US oil companies expand drilling for oil within the US. The demand for oil and gas has increased significantly over that time. Our politicians seem to have no problem with us being taxed for those things, they will not take action needed that may help bring down gas and oil prices. They could do this by eliminating those taxes, immediately building new refineries, immediately allowing more drilling for oil, while at the same time investing in our future by investing more in technoligical research to make more energy efficient vehicles and etc. This would help us to become less energy dependent on foreign oil companies and gradually get us to a point where we use less oil due to technological advances. What exactly have our politicians been doing over the last several years ? Coming up with a plan to help get us out of this mess does not really seem that difficult, why are none of them making this kind of recommendations? They say that eliminating those taxes will not make a difference (where is that money going anyway ??) They continue to point the finger at big oil companies despite their lack of a plan. Our Members of Congress and Senators need to get busy taking care of the peoples, and if they can't do that, we need to elect new members who will.

Wake up America, there is not a shortage of oil. The number one problem in the US is the lack of REFINERIES to process the oil into gasoline, diesel and other fuel oils. With the billions of dollars in profits the oil companies are making every month, why would they build more? Our so called representatives in the House and Senate along with Bush, Clinton, McCain and Obama all know this is one of the reasons we're paying $4 for a gallon of gas. We can drill and find oil in each of our backyards but until it's refined, you can't do anything with it.

Oil prices will go up, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. The 10% of the population will have more and the 90% of the population will have less. It's good to have a revolution now and then.

the way i see it is our president isn't breaking a sweat by bringing down the oil prices, he's about to leave office and he needs that extra money for retirement, somebody is sleeping with the arabs. if china and india are paying these outrageous prices than let them get screwed without being kissed first, the american people are not idiots, but washington is leading us like lambs to the slaughter and it's our decision when enough is enough, we need to open our eyes and be aware of whats happening around us, we are working class just making the oil people richer while theyr'e laughing at us all the way to the bank.

We in the western world have enjoyed cheap food, clothing, women's rights, equallity for all and democracy. Democracy is one the best things in the world today but with many former communist or socialist countries moving towards full or partial democracy, the cost of upholding these rights increases the financial burden on the rest of the world.
25 years ago china would have never disclosed the number dead from the earthquake that hit that country. They are one of many large and there are also small countries trying to develop their internal infrastructure to that of the British and American ways.

I guess it's true! What goes up comes down. Maybe it's our turn.

I have lived and worked in Japan and Mexico. The Japanese developed great cars over a period of time. Our auto industry has also developed very desirable cars especially in the past five years. Japan copied our auto industry and made improvements. I was there and I saw it. Next, I do have a big issue with the enviromental movement they seem to have so much confidence and influence because people are afraid to stand up to them. We all want clean air and clean water and they don't own this country and they can be challenged. We have too many lawsuits whenever any kind of energy is developed. I was just in Wyoming and South Dakota and people in individual states should have power to make their own decisions about drilling for oil and gas and not San Fransico lobbyist or Portland Oregon enviromentalist. We have ceded too much power to people who are not capable of working to solve a problem.

Fuel cell is good technology, so is stirling technology, if developed. The automotive industry touts hybrids as new technology, but R.G. LeTourneau was using that 50 years ago on earthmoving equipment. Much old technology can be improved to suit our needs, and others developed. I doubt we can do away with trucks, too much tax revenue to maintain and build roads, but there should be efficient propulsion systems designed for them, it has to do with money and engineering. In many countries the railroad systems are amazing, but here in the US they are a disgrace, still yet, I really don't want to wait at a railroad crossing for the conductor to make a delivery at the local 7-11!

Oh PLEASE!!!!!!!! This is all about the BIG BOYS Portfolios, and Prez. Bush and all the Bush family making a flippin killing in Oil now. There is NO SHORTAGE. We have 130 yrs of oil in Alaska, 25 in LA, and more in other places I am sure. It is AL about makin a buck for the Oil Boys/BIG FAT BOYS. It is shameful, and a means to the end of our world as we know it. In the Bible-in the book of Revelations, it speaks about this in parable. It's HERE. Get ready.

Dot get scared, get tough and get smart. Were there is a will there is a way. The anwer is the the sun. Bottom Line. Cant take that away and cant use it up. Infintite resource.

Peace-

The only way to secure the American dollar, while at the same time balancing the national budget, nationalizing health care, strengthening social security,improving infrastructure while eliminating the filing requirement for all taxpayers making less than 500K on an inflation adjusted basis, is to declare a national emergency and put a $4 (at least) additional federal tax on gas suld at the pump...(the stick) while making the income tax more palatable and providing important additional needed services to our people.

beats walking

Brazil one of the world's largest consuler of oil started way back in the oil crisis of the 1970's to consume less oil and go green. 29 years later they announce that they have gone green. Yeah right, who are we trying to fool. The greater percentage of people working the land tend to have their generations move away from that life to one they think better one which is fast paced, gozzles energy and uses the limited agriculturqal land. This has been 20 years in the making with all the technological advancements of the 21st century.