JDG wrote:
As another example, there is the famous quote from a former
Secretary-General of OPEC that the stone age didn't end because the
world ran out of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world
runs out of oil.When the oil age does end, however, I'd be willing
to bet that
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So, either your
proposing tripling the price of oil in this country, or you are
proposing a policy with about as much near-term relevance for energy
independence as drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
I remember
Questions:
1) What are the costs and benefits of energy taxation as a
means to reduce
demand for strategic independence?
The government would get more revenue. I can't believe it would do much,
other than inhibit economic growth artificially. I don't see a big backlash
to suv's costing
Trent Shipley wrote:
and spend a *LOT* of money researching conservation and alternative
energy sources--especially substitutes for petroleum.
Didn't work here in Brazil. We started replacing oil for alcohol. At one
moment, 80% of the cars were alcohol-propelled. AFAIK, the last time
an
I have seen a couple of liberal foreign policy wonks say the real strategic
asset in the Middle East would be energy independence. The logic goes
something like this. The Middle East has four major strategic factors.
1) Petroleum.
a distant 2) Israel
a distant 3) Location. It's next
