After thinking about it last night as I sat in the drum circle singing
happy hippy songs about how we should all just get along, it hit me:
American tree huggers can't be responsible for the lack of U.S. oil. Any
legislation passed or repealed by any congress that would relax rules
governing the exploitation of oil resources wouldn't increase the paltry
amount of those available resources in the ground. The U.S. just wasn't
blessed with much oil relative to our consumption. Reclaiming that
relatively small volume probably would not help us at the pump in the
long term, but it would be a way to symbolically stick it to us pinkos.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
>truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Rick Barnes
>Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:36 PM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: RE: DML: E85 fuel information..
>
>
>Yah, but you must not remember the 40 years the Demowits had and they
>passed
>all this impossible environutal legislation...I blame them both
>
>Rascal
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Pindell,
Tim
>Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:28 PM
>To: dml@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: RE: DML: E85 fuel information..
>
>
>It's a slow day, so I'll bite. I like the Devil's Advocate role
anyway.
>It drives my hippie friends nuts.
>
>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...
>
>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
>
>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.
>
>http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_
l
>evel_imports/current/import.html]
>
>Coal and natural gas, on the other hand, are cats of a different color.
>We've got plenty of that.
>
>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.
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
>>truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Josh Battles
>>Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:25 PM
>>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>>Subject: RE: DML: E85 fuel information..
>>
>>
>>On Thu, March 30, 2006 1:19 pm, Rick Barnes wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, but they laugh because the entire world can drill in their own
>>country,
>>> but we cannot, even though we are the most responsible in the world.
>>They
>>> hate us because we are free.
>>>
>>> Rascal
>>
>>It's not that we can't drill here, it's just that there's so much
>>burecratic
>>red tape that it's cost-prohibitive. With today's technology, the oil
>>resources available in north america alone could support our demand
and
>>still
>>be enough to sell to the rest of the planet.
>>
>>Of course with the EPA and the rest of the tree huggers out there
>that'll
>>never happen though. Sometimes we're our own worst enemy.
>>
>>--
>>- Josh
>>www.omg-stfu.com
>>
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