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To: Drew68
I find it disheartening that so many here dismiss out of hand alternative fuel sources as "enviro-wacko Hollywood liberalism." So what if Julia Roberts, Morgan Freeman and Willie Nelson support the idea? We've got to do something to alleviate our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and domestic drilling is just a temporary fix.

I find it perfectly logical since this is a temporaty anomaly and can't last.
No matter how "temporary" additional real fuel oil resources are, this pollyana alternative is a flash in the pan (pun intended).
Does anyone with a brain in their head think that users of new cooking oil will continue to give it away, after use, when the demand reaches a tipping point?
To say nothing of the legal extortionists taxing the **** out of it...

I got a few bridges I want to sell...

56 posted on 07/23/2006 8:32:50 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: Publius6961
Does anyone with a brain in their head think that users of new cooking oil will continue to give it away, after use, when the demand reaches a tipping point?

They will start charging as soon as one guy with an F-350 drives up and asks for cooking oil and gets told they already give it away to the guy down the road. The guy in the 350 thinks about it and says, 'I'll pay you 5 cents a gallon.'

60 posted on 07/23/2006 8:45:22 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Publius6961
Does anyone with a brain in their head think that users of new cooking oil will continue to give it away, after use, when the demand reaches a tipping point?

Of course not. That doesn't deny the reality that we must embrace alternative fuel sources. Too many people (expecially in this forum) think they can bury their head in the sand and wait for gas to return to $1.49/gallon. Those days are over and will never return.

We are now competing for fuel with the emerging economies of India and China.

Tapping domestic reserves (even ANWR) are but temporary band-aids.

We've had 30 years to try and come up with a solution. Instead we've developed Lincoln Navigators, Ford Excursions, Cadillac Escalades and Chevy Tahoes.

Gas is going to do nothing but rise in price. Oh sure, there will be temporary declines but $4/gallon is coming soon to a pump near you. $7/gallon and $10/gallon aren't far behind. We've got to do something --and do it soon.

And, no. I'm not a long-haired, pot-smoking, tree-hugging peace freak.

62 posted on 07/23/2006 8:46:52 AM PDT by Drew68
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