Presidential Candidates Clueless on Energy

Of course all things being equal, consumers during the 80s and 90s would prefer better fuel efficiency. However, all things are not equal. Choices need to be made by consumers and producers. On balance, consumers during the 80s and 90s preferred more reliability, more safety, and more comfort to higher fuel efficiency. Fuel efficiency did improve during this period but other factors offset the increased efficiency.

As far as your claim that there is a technology to greatly increase fuel efficiency, please be specific. I do not know what you are talking about. If there was a technology, it would be widely used all other things equal. There is a long way from having a patent to making a viable technology. I am highly skeptical about your claim that a conspiracy among the oil companies is preventing higher fuel efficiency.

Supporters of electric vehicles make the same claim. The supporters claim that a conspiracy prevented commercial deployment of electric vehicles. These claims are baseless. Electric vehicles are not commercially viable now. Even if they were, there is no source for recharging them on a large scale.

simply take a look at protiumfuelsystems.com to see an inexpensive add on of a hydrogen supplement that is working great for alot of drivers. The 02 sensor has to be pulled out of the exhaust stream which is easily done the their oxyisolater. This is because the car makers have built the computer system to increase the fuel ratio anytime more 02 is read in the exhaust, thereby negating some of the gains from fuel saving devices. Anyways, the car makers know very well about this technology and could easily add it on to the cars with easy dashboard readings for adding the distilled water and baking soda. Very simple to get great mpg’s, even in a big suv. Also, just verify that by doing a search for hydrogen generators on ebay and see the many reputable sellers with many happy customers. This is well known...the car makers and oil companies have aggreed to protect the huge profits of the oil companies,to the detrement of the car makers. Very foolish, and it is coming to an end fairly quickly.

Thanks. Not that I'm one to defend McCain, but it was the brainless reporter who said they toured the "melting permafrost," not the brainless RINO. They did go to Barrow, which I assume has permafrost.

All in all, it looks to me like a junket with photo ops where a "good time was had by all," but nothing educational occured. Her Hillary, diagnosed bumps on a fish as being tumors from global warming. Wow, she's good!

I wonder what glaciers they actually visited. From your link of Seward, I noted the following...

Exit Glacier has retreated 50 feet a year in the last 200 years. As you approach the glacier, you’ll see markers, starting in 1790, and ending in 1978, that show the dramatic rate of the ice’s retreat.

Either they were shown glaciers strategically or they didn't pay any attention. Maybe they were too busy posing.

It probably wouldn't change much as the Arabs all know their reserves are running out and they'll gladly cut back production and let the Chinese market make up for our absence.

Deep-ocean vents are a source of oil and gas (evidence of abiogenic hydrocarbons)

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