We really need to stop the burning and make big investments in greener
alt. energy. Solar is one of the big ways to go. Also is hydro. There
is an enormous amount of energy that could be captured from the daily
ocean tides. It is always there and you can capture energy going both
ways. But even with these methods, the environmentalists will need to
lighten up. The most im****tant thing is to reduce air polution now; if
we don't, the enviroment is doomed for all.
Fred
"Jerry" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> IMO the country could become energy independent and possibly an
> ex****ter within a decade by doing the following:
>
> 1) Open up Alaska and the Gulf to drilling. Tell environmentalists
> where to go.
> 2) Mandate Nat. Gas electrical generation be converted to wind,
> solar, clean coal, or Nuclear. This will create huge excesses of nat.
> gas and we also have huge reserves.
> 3) Mandate conversion of all passenger gasoline engine cars to use
> nat. gas.
> 4) Mandate that oil usage for home heating be converted to nat. gas
> or electrical.
> 5) Promote oil production from our shale areas.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> <harryharry52@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Didn't this guy go to b-school? What did he learn?
>
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> Saudis reject Bush's appeal to ease oil pricesHaroon Siddique and
> agencies guardian.co.uk, Friday May 16 2008 This article was first
> published on guardian.co.uk on Friday May 16 2008. It was last updated
> at 18:58 on May 16 2008.
>
>
> Saudi Arabia today rebuffed George Bush's appeal to increase
> production and help cut record oil prices, the White House said.
>
> It was the second time this year that the pleas of the US president,
> who is visiting King Abdullah, have fallen on deaf ears.
>
> Bush's latest request came as the price of crude oil hit a new high of
> more than $127 (£65) a barrel.
>
> "What they're saying to us is ... Saudi Arabia does not have customers
> that are making requests for oil that they are not able to satisfy,"
> the US national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, told re****ters.
>
> However, the oil minister, Ali Naimi, said later that Saudi Arabia had
> raised production by 300,000 barrels per day on May 10 in response to
> requests from its customers. He said the increase would push the
> kingdom's output to 9.45m barrels a day by June.
>
> High petrol prices are a potential issue in November's US presidential
> election. When Bush made his first appeal in January the Saudi oil
> minister said that oil production was at normal levels and the kingdom
> would raise production only when the market justified it.
>
> Bush has conceded that raising output is difficult because the demand
> for oil — particularly from China and India — is stretching supplies.
>
> The price of crude oil has consistently traded at new highs this year
> since hitting $100 a barrel at the beginning of January.
>
> UBS yesterday became the latest bank to predict the price of crude oil
> could hit $200, with its analysts saying that the figure could be
> reached by 2015.
>
> The US Congress yesterday voted to halt daily ****pments of 70,000
> barrels of oil to the US's emergency reserve in a bid to push down
> prices.
>
> Bush had argued that halting the ****pments would have little or no
> impact on petrol or crude oil prices.
>
> The US Energy Department said later it had cancelled ****pments into
> the reserve, beginning in July. But the White House has indicated that
> he will sign the reserve measure.
>
> Senate Democrats have introduced a resolution that would block $1.4bn
> in arms sales to Saudi Arabia — the world's biggest oil supplier —
> unless it agrees to increase its production by 1m barrels a day.
>
> The Democrats said they proposed the measure to coincide with Bush's
> visit to send a message to Saudi Arabia that it should produce more
> oil to reduce the cost of petrol for Americans.
>
> While demand has surged because of booming economies in developing
> countries, political tensions in Nigeria, Venezuela and Iran have
> threatened supplies.
>
> Before Bush arrived in Saudi Arabia, the US said it had agreed to
> cooperate to protect Saudi Arabia's oil and to help it develop
> peaceful nuclear energy. Saudi Arabia accounts for more than a tenth
> of global oil output and severe damage to its infrastructure would
> have far-reaching effects.
>
> Al-Qaida has threatened more strikes on Saudi oil facilities after a
> failed attack on the world's largest oil processing plant at Abqaiq in
> February 2006.
>
> "The United States and Saudi Arabia have agreed to cooperate in
> safeguarding the kingdom's energy resources by protecting key
> infrastructure, enhancing Saudi border security, and meeting Saudi
> Arabia's expanding energy needs in an environmentally responsible
> manner," a White House statement said.
>
> The two countries will also sign a memorandum of understanding to
> cooperate on a peaceful nuclear programme
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