It will take political and economic fortitude. In other words, stop taking bribes from lobbyists. :-)
On Jun 24, 4:18 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > General question: What would motivate the transition to alternate > energy on a larger scale? > > On Jun 24, 2:09 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That is definitely what we need to do, transition to alternate > > energy. > > > On Jun 24, 11:41 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A related issue is, of course, what we use the oil for. Given the > > > finite nature of crude oil (no matter how many new sources are found) > > > and the vast array of uses for petrochemical products (our modern > > > societies would collapse without plastics) it strikes me (apart from > > > the whole CO2-global warming issue) that the craziest and most > > > wasteful thing we can do with the stuff is just burn it. We need a lot > > > more work on alternative energy sources. > > > > Francis > > > > On 24 Jun., 16:20, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I find the entire notion of 'our mercy' or 'our oil' to be quite > > > > strange. Perhaps some of you do own oil wells. I don't. And, as the > > > > stock market becomes healthy, gas prices go up again, since > > > > deregulation. Notice that it has about doubled...at least where I > > > > live. > > > > > On Jun 23, 4:49 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I think I remember reading about a strategy to hold onto as much black > > > > > gold as possible in order to allow sufficient time for others to run > > > > > out, and sooner or later they will, so that we could have the leading > > > > > edge in the oil supply. It would be something to finally have opec at > > > > > our mercy for a change, that is if the strategy is feasible. > > > > > > On Jun 23, 2:37 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > We have had differing discussions on black tea over the years, I > > > > > > just > > > > > > ran across these two apparently different interpretations of onshore > > > > > > oil in the mid-USA. > > > > > > So, what do you think? > > > > > > >http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911 > > > > > > >http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3868-Hidequotedtext- > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
