As for oil from Canada being vilified by the Kyoto Koolaid Klan on the basis of being
“dirty” , but oil from Venezuela isn’t (when it
is “Dirty”) – expecting
the new KKK to be consistent is too much to expect.

I’m sorry, but which countries are these?

The best way to manufacture it is to use a nuclear power plant’s CLEAN energy to do it efficiently and CLEANLY(virtually 0 pollution to create).

Replacing a coal-fired power plant(if not several at a time) with a much more efficient nuclear plant reduces pollution.

The infrastructure to SUPPLY the coal to the power plants is in place already. Switch it to clean oil production, while dumping the coal power plants. The remaining coal plants can be considered to converted to clean-coal facilities. Again, the cost-effective basis for coal production was based on oil hitting $40 a barrel. Instead of the the profit going directly to Arab sheiks, it can actually go to this country. And maybe ideas such as investing tax dollars into alternative-energy, or even national health-care insurance would make an iota of sense. Liberals calling the credit card company to increase the limit again just isn’t going to turn us into a solar/wind/battery nation, ever.

To be truly progressive, a good model may look something like this:

-Immediately approve new drilling and new nuclear power plants. Configure new plants to also be capable of being used for coal-to-oil production. Nuclear power plants can also be used as the most effective and efficient way to create hydrogen. Ironically, the green-dream of hydrogen would most likely rely on more nuclear power to make it even remotely feesable as an energy source.

-Immediately fund increasing refining capability, this is paramount NOW. And in typical fashion, ‘greenies’ are trying to block refinery expansion, even if the NEW plant with 3 times the capability reduces overall pollution 80%…

-stay with ethanol, but dump wasteful and dangerous subsidies for corn ethanol and focus on the truly productive yields of sugar cane(and some other new crops currently in the works).

Oil prices are driven by speculation. If new refining capability is approved and gets underway, and drilling is allowed, this WILL make an immediate difference. Other tactics like releasing half the reserves will also drive the price down. Don’t believe the bullshit-there is PLENTY of oil in this world to be had. The obsession we have with putting ourselves at the mercy of third-world countries however, is a mystery to me.

I have nothing against ‘alternative energy’, but it is something that will really only flourish off of the back of fossil fuels. And without stability in the supply of fuel, there will never be stability in progress. The technology nor capability are ready to wean us off of any oil, nor is there any reason to dump billions of tax dollars into it to rush inefficient variations into use. Right now its mostly politics, tax-payer subsidies, and get-rich-quick schemes. Becoming self-sufficient is paramount to this nation, not to mention holding the key to funding such massive undertakings of true alternative energy and our own nations infrastructure(i.e. the nation’s dams and levys, waterways, and roads.)

>Kay:

Here’s a basic 101 on coal-to-oil

http://www.thenewamerican.com/node/8229
Jun 23, 2008 – 3:51 pm