Oil Trouble

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Why did GM Kill the Electric Car because thry would loose Control of Reliality.

absolutely fantastic article, thank you

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There is always someone looking how to turn evrey issue into a political agenda as opposed to actually addressing the subject of the article.

1. I am not a Bush supporter, a republican. or a democrat.
2. The EU's rejection of the proposal was not soley based on the US. Other members of the EU had their own very strong feelings about what is happening in Iran and its motives. Iran and Iraq hate each other more than al queda and the US. They will say and do whatever they think necessary to keep the other in its place. This includes building nuclear weapons or lying about building nuclear weapons.
3. I agree we have to as a nation and as individuals make decisions to protect our resources and environment. But anyone who believes we can accomplish this without giving anything up in our lives is only talking. I don't consider myself a liberal. But I have accepted that global warming is a serious issue. However, I am tired of seeing the half measures and the blindness of recycling. Many people who do recycle drive the recycling to the eco-depot in big low milage cars. They also have no clue as to what the cost effectiveness of recycling of different products and how much of it is subsidized. They will spend almost as much energy rinsing out a glass jar as what it would have saved. They will use organic pest control and lawn products but then keep the AC or Heaters running high. Basically it is what can I do without being terribly inconvenienced.
4. I am looking for a new car now. Tha order of priorities are excellent gas milage, convenience in space, and luxury. I am prepared to spend the extra dollars for this. I would love to get the new Volkswagon Tiguan with the clean burn diesel and 35mpg. However, it is a year out and I can't wait that long.
5. I think the US needs to pass strong fuel milage legilation and the auto makers just have to figure out how to make it work. When in europe the small diesel cars they drove were much nicer than I would have expected. They did ran and sounded like gas driven cars in the US. The US could benefit from the same type of cars they drive there. Most would work here fine once they were teasted and adjusted to meet US safety standards.

There is a lot of new technology out today that actually works. Over the next few years as prices of the technology declines we should be able to save on emissions and energy usage in many ways. Popular Science just gave an award to a guy who invented a micrwave emitter that converts tires, vinyl, plastic, etc directly into oil or natural gas. And it produces 18 times the energy it uses. It also compacts these materials into about 35% of the solids that would have gone to the landfill. The first commercial unit is going into use this coming May.

I really do wonder why we are so reactive as a people, maybe we've had it so good for so long that we don't appreciate that things just don't happen unless we plan ahead. I drive a hybrid hoping someday that everyone does yet most of my friends consider it an "electric car" eventhough I am able to propell myself down the road at 65 miles an hour and still get 48 miles to the gallon. I have for many years noted that France operates 59 nuclear reactors producing 75% of the country's electric power and is a net exporter of
electricity to the rest of the EU and maintains an excellent safety record. Energy is our achilles heal, and we as inidividuals better start making independent judgements based on facts, not a political ad from the latest interest group, but bet on things that can happen by our consumer decisions and by electing people with a grander strategic view. I am convinced that no one in the Middle East or China gives a rip about us in the long run, and it seems to me that we need to focus more internally and solve our own problems first, or our grand ideals that have made such a difference in the world and at home might become vulnerable and unsustainable.

Comment: Having an energy audit performed by a certified Thermographer will display energy annomies so we can take preventive measures to be more efficient with what we have with the slow moving alternative energy alternives proposed nationally..

Is this why Bush really continues to threaten Iran...to keep the "anxiety" about the reliability of oil supply strong so prices will rise so he and his friends can continue to amass wealth at any price?

FACT: To avoid the seemingly inevitable war Iran had followed the diplomatic path with no avail. It opened all its nuclear facilities to the strictest and most detailed inspections by the IAEA, who stated that there was no evidence that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon. Iran proposed to halt its nuclear program if the US halts its threatening postures and gives guarantees that it would not attack Iran. The Bush/Cheney administration refused to give Iran any guarantees insisting that all options, including nuclear, are on the table. Ahmadinejad also called for peaceful negotiations and a nuclear-free Middle East in his speech to the UN in his September visit. Yet his speech was boycotted by the American officials and ignored by the American media. Lately Iran proposed to have an international consortium to supervise uranium enrichment in Iran to guarantee that its nuclear program is really for peaceful purposes only. This proposal was rejected by the EU for they all are aware of the American plans to invade Iran.

Within the last month, President Bush has suggested that our confrontation with Iran could lead to "World War III," and Vice President Cheney has thrown around talk of "serious consequences" for Iran. Now we see news that the Defense Department is already trying to quietly get funding to start arming B2 bombers for a potential attack.

Starting another Mideast war with an unprovoked attack? Let's call this what it is: insane. But the administration's billionaire friends are cranking up a huge spin machine -- again -- to convince Americans that this is all reasonable.

Fight the right-wing spin machine on Iran. I urge you to contact your Senators, urge them to support resolution S. Res. 356, that states that any military action against Iran must be explicitly approved by Congress.

Tell the Senate: One illegal war in the Middle East is enough!

Talking about bombing Iran while our military is stretched to the breaking point in Iraq is not acceptable! The spin might have worked in 2003, but we can't let it work again. You know, I think the President said it best when he said, "There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."

Don't let this administration fool America again.