Posted on 05/31/2010 5:32:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A large part of the riskiness of this well and the difficulty in closing it can be laid right at the feet of reactionary environmentalism. There is no reasonable replacement for oil that won’t require a massive, expensive, and painful retrofit of the entire world’s infrastructure. The obvious solution to preventing future disasters is to take away the enviro’s ability to dictate how and where the oil industry does its job.
Obama is a genius at one thing: accumulating power through blackmail and other contemptible means. He’s an incomplete person in many other ways. And as far as opportunity, this oil spill is potentially a boon for on-shore drilling. But then, the dark side is very powerful and the masses only like to logically for a step or two.
Natural gas is not a too expensive retrofit. Might cost 100 billion to retrofit all short haul trucks and buses. That would knock out most of the foreign import bill of +-500 billion annually. So it would pay for itself in the first year.
It came from the same place the “transparent”, “ethical” admin also came from .. the media’s imagination!
“....electricity and gas producers. People wonder why they aren’t screaming bloody murder but less production means lower overhead, higher prices to the consumer and carbon credits to sell.”
Yes, the point to be made is a great shift in public mind: the corporations are cooperating with the government to get more money for less product.
How to demonstrate that in 10 sec ads is the problem. The attention span of the average voter is limited.
The worst thing about this article is how Spock is insulted with a comparison to BHO. :)
The future is bleak. Here is what recently retired president of Shell Oil John Hofmeister says about the situation:
“On one side, we have the oil companies, blaming the political groups for trying to over-regulate the industry, and thus hold down oil supplies. Perhaps there is a bit of truth to the issue, but the basic issue remains that the cheap oil and gas have mostly been extracted, and our economy cannot really afford expensive oil and gas.”
“On another side, we have many encouraging outrageously optimistic views regarding what alternative energy sources can do, but not considering the issue that maintaining such basics as food and heat for the current population would be a major challenge. There is also an issue regarding how much of these alternatives our financial system can really afford. If we can’t afford $150 oil, it is not clear we can afford high priced alternatives, especially if they cannot operate our current oil-based infrastructure.”
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