Posted on 08/16/2006 4:37:58 PM PDT by dennisw
It would be more accurate to say, "As the United States cannot touch its own oil due to its gevernemnt..."
Glenn Beck just had the CEO of Jet Blue on talking about this. He claims to have a bunch of companies ready to jump in if the Govt(scary part) will protect them from losses should the price of oil drop below their cost of production.
A little scary to me but also seems worth taking seriously.
The government shouldn't be guaranteeing any price floors. That's the same mistake we've made with farm subsidies.
Exactly. I thought we had to start tapping it before it could dwindle. Such nonsense.
Gummint subsidy might be a lot cheaper way: to get free of Arab oil rather than what we are doing now to ensure flow of Arab oil. Let China ensure their own flow of Arab oil.
We haven't even begun to explore Alaska yet. Yes, we have Prudhoe Bay and the possibility of ANWR if the lunatics quit filibustering the legislation.
Divide Alaska into two states, and Texas would be the third largest state. Alaska is that big. I'm not saying there's oil under Fairbanks, but I don't think anyone has looked yet, either.
I looked this up because of Glenn Beck show tonite. Please note that this coal conversion process extracts more diesel than previously
Diesel/kerosene/jet fuel are all about the same and will take care of lots of our energy needs. Automobiles will have to move to diesel engines. Technology marches on and cleaner and better diesel engines abound. Plus coal conversion has improved since South Africa and the Nazis did it
T-323 Pressure Hydrogenation of Dry Coal. Ludwigshafen, January 29, 1943, by Donath and Rotter. P5-62 TOM 273: 745-748
Old technology. I learned of it from E. Donath's son.
Fools! That's not coal! That's kryptonite!
Why are we not building these plants and building several nuclear generators????
Wow... I didnt know the US had SO MUCH coal.
Interesting thought. Seen any suicide bombers in China?
MHD(MagnetoHydroDynamics)is some 60%+ efficient with coal plasma(pure oxygen assisted). The PROBLEM is that coal slag builds up on the throat walls, quickly gumming it up. 5 years ago I came up with a possible solution, thus making MHD-coal practical. My senator got my idea to the DOE where it got the one-soldier-at-attention finger-salute, typical response from a government cocaine-addicted to fuel taxes. So, keep on paying those $3/gal gas prices...they've mosquito-got you right where they want you...
I heard on Art Bell that a guy's friend has a generator that ran on water. 1 gallon a month will run a house. Home Depot has a secret contract with the guy for a million units. Why waste our time with this crap when there is a silent running water house generator. (For those of you who think that I believe this crack pot that is really claiming this, check the sarcasm lamp. Its ON!)
The Germans did this in WWII -
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/39212/
The Germans did this in WWII - ......
But this process gets a much beater yield of diesel/kerosene/jet fuel from coal.
German coal conversion was 60 years ago and Cadillacs had tail fins 45 years ago
" == Automobiles will have to move to diesel engines. == "
Actually, I think the model will be electric drive using better batteries, with an auxiliary diesel generator to keep it running for long trips. Just like a locomotive, except for the batteries.
In fact, electrification of railroad tracks, which would put all of our rail transport on the grid instead of on on diesel, would save more oil than we get from Saudi Arabia.
The breakthrough technology, if it ever happens, would be some kind of trolley or slot connection on major roads for trucks and private vehicles. It would have to both distribute and meter electric power to operate all of those hybrid vehicles off the (expanded, nuclear powered) grid.
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