FReepmail to be added to the Congress Watch Ping List.
Posted on 11/07/2007 11:19:34 PM PST by Species8472
FReepmail to be added to the Congress Watch Ping List.
Whatever you want to post about McCain, Jim’s probably already said it. :)
At least the petrodollars will stay in the U.S. economy instead of going to the communists and islamofascists and other unstable areas of the third world.
There were...
Of course. You didn't think they would do anything "reasonable" now did you?
“They WANT $5.00 a gallon gas!”
That is nothing new actually. For many years the Liberals have touted the costs of European petrol to their goals for the U.S.
They “feel” such costs would restrict our automobile usage and save the planet from the horrible effects of the Internal Combustion Engine.
At $11.75 a bale of Alfalfa anymore, Vet care, etc. horses aren’t much less costly, besides the methane is unacceptable to the GW alarmists.
Chinese bicycles are on the horizon.
Does anyone know the senate bill number?
So do the British. Gasoline is $8 a gallon in England today.
Published: November 8, 2007
Last Modified: November 8, 2007 at 12:55 PM
WASHINGTON -- Alaska’s congressional delegation came out swinging against the latest version of a proposal that would ban drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, although the bill has little chance of passage.
The legislation, introduced Wednesday night by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would designate the ANWR coastal plain as wilderness, effectively banning oil and gas exploration.
All three members of Alaska’s delegation condemned the bill. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young issued a joint statement vowing to defeat the proposed ban.
“We take all attacks on Alaska’s ability to develop its natural resources seriously,” said Aaron Saunders, a spokesman for Stevens. “Particularly when it’s extreme environmentalists from out of state who don’t understand our ability to contribute to American’s energy independence.”
The area has “the largest untapped domestic oil field in the United States and would provide our nation with a million barrels of oil per day for at least three decades,” the three Republican lawmakers said in their statement. “Instead of blocking resource development, Congress must increase our domestic production of energy,”
But Lieberman, who also is the co-sponsor of bipartisan global warming legislation moving through the Senate, countered that “America’s strength is not in our oil reserves but in our reserves of innovation. The answer is not to drill in our national treasures but to increase our energy efficiency and find alternative and renewable sources of energy.”
It’s the ninth time Lieberman has sponsored or co-sponsored a federal ban on drilling in ANWR. The issue has been one of his legislative priorities since his 1987 Senate campaign.
A ban on drilling has better odds of success in a Democratic Congress, but there still are probably not enough votes in the Senate to see it passed. Several Democratic senators have indicated they simply won’t support a ban: Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. Yet there are not enough votes to open ANWR to drilling, either, continuing the longstanding stalemate. Find Erika Bolstad online at adn.com/contact/ebolstad or call her in Washington, D.C., at 1-202-383-6104.
They want it NOW, while they can blame Bush.
Your response is well thought-out in that it recognizes both the short-term and long-term challenges. Ten years should be a reasonable timeframe for us to achieve economic viability of biodiesel/ethanol/other engine types while at the same time getting us the independence “cushion” we need for the short term. This is especially, especially true as China’s demand for foreign oil will only drive prices even higher.
Freudian slip I guess---an-WAR---for domestic production freedom.
Anyways, thanks for shedding light on the previous deal as that further shows the pandering/corruption involved whenever the friggin carriboo are whined about.
Follow the $$$...
Funny how the environutjobs will 'protect' the animals while demanding that we burn our food for energy...If my V8 would run on carriboo or baby seal theyd prolly be for clubbin em to keep oil $$$ flowing to socialists...
So thanks for saying it for me.
Go TO HELL JOE!!!
You are 100% correct! Care to project a timeline before the final act? Think it's 30 years off? 20? 10? 8?
The way things have been going, it MIGHT be less than eight. Especially if the Dems take the White House and keep the Congress.
I do see China and India as a major reasons why gas prices will continue to rise. But we cannot forget the impact of a dictator like Chavez, or the Islamo Facists on the price of oil. Our economic growth and national security demand that we take decisve action.
We have to ability in the short term, say 10 years, to reach our energy needs with the resources at home. And over the next decade we can transition to alternative energy sources. But I fear that the left really doesn’t want sensible, rational change. All the want is the ability to use our current energy problems as a political tool to gain power.
We had plenty of warning 30 years ago. The Dept of Energy was formed to develop alternatives, but ended up managing the military nukes. Ten years will do little and we will be descending into darkness, slowly if we're lucky.
We either find a way to lower the cost of oil and gas in this nation, or you’re right we will descend into darkness. We can lower prices in the short term, over the next 2 or 3 years, by building more refinaries, exploring and drilling.
My hope is that Americans love their stuff, their xbox’s and toys more than they’ll buy into the myth that government can solve our energy needs. For once the government steps in and tries to run the oil industry, prices will explode. Disposable incomes will drop and folks won’t be able to afford Halo 4 or 5.
Refineries are about 90% of capacity. Some of the big oil companies running the refineries do not produce all their oil themselves but have to buy it on the open market. They are being squeezed by the recently increasing price of crude. We see the $10 billion quarterly profit here and there but that is not industry-wide. Some of them are barely making it.
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