You are wise beyond your years TT
Rascal
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Terrible Tom
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:43 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: E85 fuel information..
>>It's a slow day, so I'll bite.
>
>
> OMG IT'S A LUNKER!!!1
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>>I don't know that I'd >totally< blame the treehuggers. Certainly some.
>>They don't own congress. Conservatives have been at the wheel for some
>>time now and have not enacted legislation that would make exploitation
>>of these resources a profitable endeavor. If they really wanted it...
>
>
> True enough, but at least they're non-descriminating. IMO, all they see
are
> controversial issues that aren't going to get them reelected so they avoid
> everything.
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>>According to my fellow librul commie wonks in the DOE, if we were to
>>cease imports, we'd have about 3 years of our own oil at current usage.
>>In 2005, we used 20,656,000 barrels per day. Although estimates vary,
>>we have about 21,000,000,000 barrels in the ground in the U.S. Maybe a
>>little more.
>>
>>I doubt that this amount of oil scares the pocketbook of any major
>>producer.
>>
>>http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/reserves.html
>>http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/energybasics101.html
>>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872964.html
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>
> Good enough, but I was referring to North America as a whole, not just the
> United States. You support my argument wonderfully in the below
statement,
> thanks.
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>>Just for grins, here's a list of our top importers. Interestingly, the
>>top 2 are Canada and Mexico. They are followed by Saudi Arabia,
>>Venezuela, and Nigeria. Iraq is 6th.
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>>http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_l
>>evel_imports/current/import.html]
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>>Coal and natural gas, on the other hand, are cats of a different color.
>>We've got plenty of that.
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> Indeed, and I'd like to see our coal use decline. Coal is a cheap source
of
> energy but its waste is very hazardous. The plants themselves emit more
> radiation than a nuclear plant, and the ash is radioactive as well.
What's
> really sad is that they just dump it wherever they can because it's
"safe."
>
> http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/wastecoal/
> http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html
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>>Personally, I'd like to explore nucular power as an alternative to coal.
>>As soon as I wedge that old sub reactor in the bed of my Dak, I'll post
>>pictures.
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>
> IMO, nuclear energy is the way to go in the future for the majority of our
> energy needs. It's clean, safe, and relatively low polluting. There have
> been some projects done about different types of reactors and the
technology
> is truly amazing. However, because of widespread misunderstanding and
fear
> these projects are cancelled.
>
> We should get Brian Fitchett in on this conversation...
>
(sigh) I shoulda known better to have read this thread. I'll just do
what I (almost) always do when controversial dog shit hits The List...
bite my tongue and ignore it.
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