I have a green pickup truck.
Electric cars are powered by coal.
Coal fired power plants being the #1 producer of electric energy in this country. When you charge your "green car" you are doing it with coal.
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The U. S. Geological Service issued a report in April 2008 that only
Scientists and oil men knew what was coming, but man was it big. It
Was a revised report (hadn't been updated since 1995) on how much oil
Was in this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota, western South
Dakota, and extreme eastern Montana ..... Check THIS out:
The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's
Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all American
Dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Estimates it at 503 billion barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is
Recoverable... At $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth
More than $5.3 trillion.
"This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found
In the past 56 years," reportsThe Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a
Formation known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referred
To as the 'Bakken.' It stretches from Northern Montana , through North
Dakota and into Canada . For years, U. S. Oil exploration has been
Considered a dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching
For major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technological
Breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive reserves..... And we
Now have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is
Light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just
$16 PER BARREL!
U. S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World
Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006
Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the
Largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION
Barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In
Three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With
This motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore
Drilling?
They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders,
Than all the other proven reserves on earth.. Here are the official
Estimates:
- 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
- 18-times as much oil as Iraq
- 21-times as much oil as Kuwait
- 22-times as much oil as Iran
- 500-times as much oil as Yemen
- and it's all right here in the Western United States .
HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the
Environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America
Become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group
Of people dictate our lives and our economy.....WHY?
I don't really know much about green cars, but isn't that still better than our gas and diesel powered vehicles? If not, please explain.
No, they are not better. One example: It takes more energy just to produce a hybrid than will ever be saved in fuel costs. Electric? See Dennis Shoddy's post again. Why do you think hybrids cost so much? If you took out all the .gov subsidies the sticker would give you a coronary.
Europe has the better idea. Diesel. Get rid of the EPA mandated emission controls and they will get 50% better fuel mileage than the same displacement gasoline engine, and possibly more with all the new injection and computer systems we have now. If you cut the amount of fuel burned by that much, how are emissions more than gas?
Our .gov isn't serious about ending our dependence on oil. However, they are serious about having control over every aspect of our lives. People better wake the hell up.
Speculation has been around for awhile. Oil futures are traded no differently than cattle or grain. Why it is allowed is simple, there are huge profits to be made if you are smart enough (of course I am not smart enough)
What roadblocks? Either way, just curious how it's affected the refiners, drillers, oil service industry, etc? Because this is y'alls little secret. Currently, we reportedly have more surplus than any time in the Obama administration.
Obama made it perfectly clear, before the election, that he wanted to see higher gas prices....for the obvious reason of forcing 'alternatives'.
It is an openly admitted policy of the 'greens'. Why do people keep acting shocked?
How about the lack of new offshore drilling permits since the BP spill? Can't say that isn't affecting the world supply AND speculation....and causing many drilling resources to be moved elsewhere.
With that said, it's all manipulation. All of it. Even the supposed events that are contributing to the rise in oil prices.
You can have your republicans and you can have your democrats. It doesn't matter which party is in office, the ship will continue to sink.
But that's just my opinion.
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