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- I am not saying we pump and use our own oil and only our oil until it runs dry .
I am not saying we stop looking for alternative energy solutions
I am not saying by drilling , the extra oil , on its own merit , lowers the market price .
I AM SAYING that by having control on some of the oil output , we , the US can counter speculations when needed and keep the price in check !
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Iran acting up , fine , we announce to increase our own production of oil , together with opening the reserve so that immediately, we not only panic but actually reduce the amount of oil we import because domestically , we are okay for the next 3 months. That is how we balance the market .
If Oil is over $100 , fine , we will pump 3 mil. extra barrels of our own oil and throw it to the market .Remember , the ability to counter and balance is most important here so no one can hold us hostage and we also help ourselves and the world. That , coupled with our effort to find alternative energies like nuclear , electricity , wind....will be key to our energy independence . We do not stop importing oil , we just let everyone know that in the short term , we are okay and can counter their pressure on us , if those oil producing country want to stop producing oil , fine , they will go bankrupt first , but I highly doubt they dare to do that for prolong period of time. - Reply to this comment
- all these Energy Department''''s estimates are baloney!! They said the immediate effect is 3 or 4 cents and it will gradually be 25cents over the period of 10 years , well, 25 cents is not much compared to present price of $ 4 , but that estimate is only based on effect of actual oil on actual market statistically , we all know that the price of oil of today''''s high is not a result of high production cost btu rather , it is due to speculation based on supply and demand imbalance . For example , if Saudi Arabia announce tomorrow that it will pump 3mil. extra barrels a day intead of a meager 300,000 barrels , the price of oil will drop like free-falling rocks . It is not a shortage in supply , it is the perceive shortage that caused this price-hike and that is what fuel speculations on oil prices that in turn push prices ever upward . And why speculations persist ? because one of the biggest oil consumers ( we are no longer the only one ) , the US , chose to totally depend on foreign oil!!! IF we pump our oil, when the market is tight , we , our own will, will pump the extras into the market to regulate the prices and keep it low , instead of begging Saudi Arabia to do it and get humiliated ...so there you have it , the Dems is getting us all into trouble by not drilling..
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- "Experts believe that currently restricted areas %u2026 could eventually produce up to 18 billion barrels of oil," Mr. Bush said in a recent speech.Even in Santa Barbara, Calif., where a huge oil spill from an ocean rig blowout in 1969 turned most Californians against offshore drilling, some people are having second thoughts.
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There are two major concerns about off shore drilling. First, would the oil produced go to the USA? Currently, most of the Alaska Pipeline oil goes to Asian markets. Second, this takes away from the impetus to develop alternative fuel sources. - Reply to this comment
- We invaded and got rid of one really bad dude! That had proven he is very capable of genocide and mass murder of his own people, and would use WMD''''s.
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Posted by WellHell3 at 01:49 AM
Yeah, he used those weapons (provided by the US) on the Kurds and the Iranians, and now both are considered enemies. Go figure. - Reply to this comment
- Being part of the other 2/5..Oil drilling is at best a temporary measure. More offshore drilling is just begging to open a can of worms.
How about this: BUILD MORE FREAKING SOLAR PLANTS.
There''s about a 5 billion year energy supply hovering over our heads every day. USE IT. - Reply to this comment
- Sean Hannity, David Koresh, Rush Limbaugh, Adolph Hitler... all have/had a great gift of persuasion to convince the masses (mostly of the highly uninformed) to want or need something regardless of how little benefit would be seen and/or enjoyed by the masses. This gift of persuasion tends to overpower facts found and repeated by experts... no matter how many.
Every sales person in the world would love to have such a gift of persuasion! I know I would! - Reply to this comment
- jimfinster: Surely you have heard of the gassing of the northern Kurdish villages in the late 80''s. It is rumored that Hussein exterminated up to 600K of his people during his reign. Now we can fast forward to present. Are ya up to speed yet, I''ll slow down if you wish.
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- I think we created many of the "terrorists" by invading. These people are fiercely nationalistic, and would naturally resist. I am sure they see themselves as freedom fighters, not terrorist. I suspect you and I would do the same if our country was invaded.
No, the camps did not exist. But feel free to provide any supporting evidence you may have.
The trillion dollars would have funded a very nice alternative energy program. Instead we get Iraq.
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Posted by jimfinster at 01:51 AM : Jul 31, 2008
Jim, the terrorists in Iraq were mostly Saudi''s, NOT Iraqi''s.
And yes, the camps were there, as testified by Saddam''s own commanders. Something very conveniently left out, but reported by the British! - Reply to this comment
- Good night! Happy Thursday!
Enjoyed the visit! - Reply to this comment
- EXACTLY! The terrorists swarmed in! Where do you think they came from?
And YES, the camps were there, as I said Saddam''''s own commanders testified to it! There was a whole PBS documentary on it!
And like I said a few million $''''s per dead terrorist is well spent money!
Posted by WellHell3
I think we created many of the "terrorists" by invading. These people are fiercely nationalistic, and would naturally resist. I am sure they see themselves as freedom fighters, not terrorist. I suspect you and I would do the same if our country was invaded.
No, the camps did not exist. But feel free to provide any supporting evidence you may have.
The trillion dollars would have funded a very nice alternative energy program. Instead we get Iraq. - Reply to this comment
- Ummm, how could he use something he did not have?
But anyway, so we invaded to stop ethnic cleansing?
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Posted by jimfinster at 01:45 AM : Jul
We invaded and got rid of one really bad dude! That had proven he is very capable of genocide and mass murder of his own people, and would use WMD''s. - Reply to this comment
- And like I said a few million $''''s per dead terrorist is well spent money!
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Posted by WellHell3 at 01:43 AM : Jul 31, 2008
Do you not realize that several thousand dead terrorists means that our grandchildren don''t have to live in fear of these bastwards! - Reply to this comment
- jimfinster: The fact that WMD''''s weren''''t found does not mean it was wrong. Hussein had shown that he had no problem using them, which was quite evident in Northern Kurdish villages. The guy was performing his own brand of ethnic cleasening and had to be stopped.
Posted by Edward1975
Ummm, how could he use something he did not have?
But anyway, so we invaded to stop ethnic cleansing? - Reply to this comment
- 1) The fall of Saddam created a power vacuum, and the terrorist swarmed in.
2) There is no credible evidence of training camps pre-war. But they are there now!
3) Try a TRILLION dollars!
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Posted by jimfinster at 01:39 AM : Jul 31, 2008
EXACTLY! The terrorists swarmed in! Where do you think they came from?
And YES, the camps were there, as I said Saddam''s own commanders testified to it! There was a whole PBS documentary on it!
And like I said a few million $''s per dead terrorist is well spent money! - Reply to this comment
- jimfinster: The fact that WMD''s weren''t found does not mean it was wrong. Hussein had shown that he had no problem using them, which was quite evident in Northern Kurdish villages. The guy was performing his own brand of ethnic cleasening and had to be stopped.
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- Posted by jimfinster at 01:28 AM : Jul 31, 2008
Do you really think the terrorists were just created out of thin air when we went to Iraq?
Saddam''''s own commanders testified to the training camps 28 miles southeast of Baghdad!
And frankly the money was well spent even if it is a few million $''''s for a dead terrorist! Good riddance!
Posted by WellHell3
1) The fall of Saddam created a power vacuum, and the terrorist swarmed in.
2) There is no credible evidence of training camps pre-war. But they are there now!
3) Try a TRILLION dollars! - Reply to this comment
- I see no indication that Obama would do that.
What is your line of evidence?
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Posted by jimfinster at 01:30 AM : Jul 31, 2008
Sometime go read the Global Poverty Act Obscamma is fomenting to get passed! Not to mention $845 billion EXTRA of our dollars gets gifted to the UN, but it specifically speaks to regulations that subvert our 2nd Amendment rights and others. - Reply to this comment
- Let''s not forget who put the ban on offshore drilling in the first place. It was George Bush''s dad. Bush senior also voted to set emission and mileage standards on cars, and set up programs to provide financing for wind and solar power. What has this president done to make us independent from OPEC? Nothing.
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- But they certainly created a terrorist magnet, you are right about that. Only problem is that the invasion itself probably created most of the "terrorists". If that was the goal, then they succeeded. 4,000 dead soldiers and a trillion dollars later.....
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Posted by jimfinster at 01:28 AM : Jul 31, 2008
Do you really think the terrorists were just created out of thin air when we went to Iraq?
Saddam''s own commanders testified to the training camps 28 miles southeast of Baghdad!
And frankly the money was well spent even if it is a few million $''s for a dead terrorist! Good riddance! - Reply to this comment
- I don''''''''t think the WMD''''''''s were the only issue at hand! And I don''''''''t think any deception about the WMD''''''''s can be blamed on a single party! Both Al Gore and Bill Clinton screeched about WMD''''''''s also!
Posted by WellHell3
They were not the president. Bush was the president, and made the decision to go to war. - Reply to this comment
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