Posted on 07/29/2007 8:11:31 AM PDT by NRG1973
“What, I’m going to shovel manure in my backyard, make my own shoes, ride a horse to work?”
Don’t forget, wipe with one square of TP — it’s core theology to the Greenies.
Big oil isn’t the problem. The problem is big stupid government. Government should get out of the way and allow the oil companies to exploit our oil resources in ANWR and offshore. The environmental and political risk of US oil is far less than that of foreign oil. We need to streamline and ease the process of allowing new refineries in the United States.
We do not need complete energy independence. Just a little more US oil and refining would greatly improve our national security. Prices are set at the margin and small changes in supply may have a significant impact on price. That would piss off Venezuela, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. De-funding communists and Jihadists is a good thing.
“..hydrogen embrittlement..”
And let’s not forget hydrogen internal blistering. It’s easy to say that we will use H2 in the future but, as usual, our politicians posture and look important and come up with all kinds of technical BS, but most of them do not know what they’re talking about. Every known material looks like swiss cheese to a H2 molecule. I, personally would not like to be around when two H2-fuel cars collide.
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