which means you have no solution. On 4/29/2010 9:58 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Apr 29, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > > >> like I said, what is your solution? >> Will you stop all the cars? >> Will you stop all the nuclear power? >> Will you stop the lpg conversions? >> >> I too don't have a solution, but I do understand that over 95% of all >> transportation requires oil >> > > Three points: first, I never ran for nationwide office and used that > campaign to advance any particular policy. When I do decide to run for such > an important office, I will be more than happy to explain my energy policies > to you. > > Second, energy independence is a complex issue whose solutions don't > fit on a bumper sticker. They don't even fit in an email. Demanding such > simplistic answers, and proposing such simplistic consequences to not > drilling, demonstrates a fundamental unawareness of the problem. > > Third, basic math shows that the current growth in the rate of fuel > consumption to be the problem, not the lack of drilling. If the known > offshore reserves were fully tapped and actually produced double the expected > amounts, it would at best prolong the inevitable by a year or two. So in a > perfect world where offshore drilling is safe and cheap and clean, you aren't > doing anything except ignoring the actual problem. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]
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