Until one alternative fuel is decided upon, the debate will never end and we will never see anything but gasoline driven vehicles on the road. The issue isn’t being able to build the cars, we can, now. The issue is the fuel network. Right now the network handles oil and none of the suppliers are going to gear up a production capability until a single fuel is chosen. Personally, I think hydrogen will be the replacement of gas. The reason I like it so much, it would require the construction of nuclear plants to produce both the gas and the electricity necessary for other producers to make hydrogen. Not to mention cut down on emissions. And the nuclear waste issue, already dealt with. Current tech allows for re-use of spent rods and for safe storage. This one-two punch would solve oil dependence on the large scale. Now we will still need oil for plastics, fertilizers, etc., but our native production should be able to completely supply those industries regardless of the proven reserves argument. Personally I side towards the higher numbers of available oil.
But all this is moot as long as the dumbocrats continue in their obstinate ways of rejecting any discussion/vote on drilling. Now I hear rumblings that the Republicans may kill any government finance bill unless drilling is discussed. The nation will finally be safe for that duration. Oh, and the Congressional law banning drilling will also be a part of that bill since it will be up for renewal. Be still my beating heart, the brouhaha is about to really get started. The key will be how the Republican PR departments handle the shutdown. If they screw the pooch like in the 90′s, we are doomed.
So continue on with the “Pollyann-ish” belief in alternative sources. They are feel good projects that don’t procude real results. Oh, and the wind issue, dead in the water. Wind is not a primary source of power, and can never be because of the inconsistencies of wind. Having been involved in hot-air ballooning, I can personally attest to the fickleness that is wind. It can be strong one moment, dead calm the next. Wind power is best seen as a supplement for short periods of heavier demand. The only real ‘alternate” source of power that can produce the massive amounts of electricity we need is nuclear. Alternate being non-oil. Then there is the subject of clean coal. But the greenies don’t like either, hell they don’t like wind either. Kills birds. So, what does that leave us????? Nowhere. Back to reading by candle light and writing letters with pen and paper. That is what Algore and his minions want for US. For them, they get to pollute and use as much energy as they wish, for they need to be more equal since they are busy telling us how to live our lives.
The only argument the dems have right is the time frame. It’ll take 10-20, heck possibly even more. But not for oil to reach market but to build an infrastructure not dependent on oil. So what about the meantime??? They are a little shaky on that one. Oh yeah, blame Bush. We will get to live on the residuals of blaming Bush. Genius.
