“that weaning the United States off foreign oil must become a national purpose, that doing it within 10 to 15 years would be a centerpiece of a Giuliani presidency. The federal government must treat energy independence as a matter of national security,” he said, comparing it to the effort in the 1950’s and ’60’s to put men on the moon”
Sen. John McCain has declared, “We need energy independence”
He promised to make the U.S. oil independent within five years.The Senator says he’ll make it happen quickly, with a program like the Manhattan Project. That was the big push the U.S. made to build an atomic bomb before Germany could get one.
Notice the reference to the Manhattan project and the Moon Shot.
Mitt Romney put up a dollar number for increasing increasing energy R&D. Romney
advocates increasing federal investments in energy, materials science, automotive technology and fuel technology from $4 billion a year — its current level — to $20 billion a year.
Why the the reference to war time projects like the moon shot and the manhattan project? And why have the time frames been shortened to 5-10 years? Its not just environmental or national security concerns. Now even big oil is buying into the peak oil argument. Shell Oil CEO Jeroen van der Veer this week wrote “Shell estimates that after 2015 supplies of easy-to-access oil and gas will no longer keep up with demand.” That means that unless crash programs are enacted to bring down demand for oil–especially in the USA–oil prices are going to the moon. One way or the other a radical rewrite of the energy picture is coming.
Peak oil is an absolute LIE. There are vast amounts of oil yet to be discovered. The energy crisis is caused by one and only one thing -- the political parasite class. As an engineer, I am appalled at how naive people are about "alternative energy." We are not running out of oil. I am utterly disgusted how the political parasite class is trying to destroy our way of life.
The overwhelmingly negative outlook presented by the MSM and our rulers is utter insanity. If we had rational, Liberty loving leaders, we would have abundant energy supplies and much higher standard of living. Everything our youth see gives them the impression that the future is bleak.... bleak, not for any real reason, but because the hatred the left has for capitalism and the U.S. Constitution.
I think shell is priming the pump for oil shale extraction. Jeroen van der Veer also wrote the following...
As a result, we will have no choice but to add other sources of energy – renewables, yes, but also more nuclear power and unconventional fossil fuels such as oil sands. Using more energy inevitably means emitting more CO2 at a time when climate change has become a critical global issue.
Shell's research into in situ oil shale development is extremely promising. The potential, according to the New York Times is staggering...
Government estimates of recoverable shale oil in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming put the reserves at 800 billion barrels — more than triple the proven oil reserves of Saudi Arabia. So aside from Mr. Vawter, now many in Washington have their eyes on a big prize, not in small part for the promise it might hold to ease national security concerns. “It could literally shake the world,” Senator Pete V. Domenici, a Republican from New Mexico, told a recent Senate hearing.