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Why Is Congress Agnostic About Natural Gas?

PS - to be clear: CO2 reduction will be an unintended consequence of the real solution(s), just as CO2 creation became an unintended consequence previously.

Now let's talk about REAL PROGESS WITH REAL POLIICY to get us there.

First policy: leave ALL the fossil energy where it is; stored forever, if need be, to the best of our ability.

Second policy: implement existing and develop and execute as many as possible (AMAP) alternatives as soon as possible (ASAP) in both POWER GENERATION and TRANSPORTATION the Electricfy America and Alternatives themes.

If you want to know how to do that, go into the achives and read my earlier published comments in SA about the less than 10 point plan.

Or, watch China.

Why Is Congress Agnostic About Natural Gas?

Fitz - first off; CO2 reduction is certainly not the first and foremost goal to attract REAL investors, entrapraneuers, independent thinkers, etc. That is nothing more than more wish-washy liberal driven mish-mash.

So let's start again....................

Why Is Congress Agnostic About Natural Gas?

Jack and AO, et.al. - many of the same arguments can be made by the cleaner coal guys and the electrify America crowd.

We can use our coal; we can use our gas. In the end, both are irreplaceably GONE! Both gone, in what 100-300 years at current consumption??

For the past 30 years we have been practicing the policy of using someone else's oil; that worked. But we didn't solve our real problems; or develop the alternative solutions to when the wells went dry. Or did we?

We could still electrify the rails and the interstate hiways using current technology. And we could produce biofuels for the airplanes and many road machines. And we have many ways to produce more electricity, sans additional coal and nat gas capacity.

What we need are some clearheaded, CLEAN, policy makers; some not concerned about the bribers and punishers (what bread butterer's become when they stop buttering your bread!). Sounds like we need some INDEPENDENTS - if there are any such things in existence.

The best independents I've even known are the entrepreneurs that had a good idea and the backing to strike forth with a concept and product that made sense and money - that worked when all the policy makers did not exist or get in the way of PROGRESS. Sort of like a Ford, Westinghouse, or Bell, or.........where's the current free and clear thinker, unencumbered.......??

The Economics of Political Spin

Aug 28 03:25 PM

Being the capitalist I am and many of you are, if Russia buying a portion of our 300 year coal supply for export to their steel industry doesn't get your attention and of all the other concerned US resource folks including those that have in-the-ground assets (oil, NG, coal) which sooner or later will become assets for-sale (being we're all capitalists), it seems to me we had better start working a LOT HARDER developing and providing many alternatives for our lifestyle; because if we don't deplete our natural assets, someone else will.

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nakedjaybird
Aug 28 03:32 PM

And with the someone else's help, DEPLETION COMES SOONER.

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nakedjaybird
Aug 28 03:33 PM

AND ALL US U.S. CAPITALISTS WILL BE RICHER; WOO-HOO!!!!

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nakedjaybird
Aug 28 03:34 PM

SOONER; WOO-HOO, WOO-HOO!!

Oil Will Only Fall So Far

longoil - was your answer to use of API-30 that we BURN IT??

And there is NO substitute to BURN??

Oil Will Only Fall So Far

Hey Alan - what do we do other than BURN the majority of that API-30ish sweeet crude??

No substitute????? Come on.

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Alan - help me out. What is API -30ish used for?

Oil Will Only Fall So Far

Conservation, which is reduced consumption, is an ALTERNATIVE with immediate effects (as are alternate energy sources, alternate conversion methods, alternate uses - and still accomplishing the required useful work).

Conservation is good for a 10-15% immediate reduction in demand; no new technologies required. We proved it in 1973 and 1978-9. Supply WILL be made available somewhere if we stop demanding it.

Most blogs or responses on read here and other energy related blogs talk about various ways to continue eating crude, or modified crude etc. Just like most diets talk about exchanging carbs, fat, protein, - EVERYTHING IS FOCUSED ON CHANGING THE INTAKE OF SOME SORT, BUT WHERE IS THE ELIMINATION?

I, WE, NEVER SAW A FAT PRISIONER OF WAR............

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CORRECTION TO YESTERDAY'S HEADLINE WHICH WAS PRINTED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE OUTCOME (reimind you of an earlier Presidential election newspaper?).
Aug 13 03:05 PMHere's a new thought - consider it a future Media Headline:

"US Crude Reduction Exceeds Increasing World Demand!! Gasoline Prices INCREASE!!!!!!"

byline: "15% cut in US daily diet of 20,000,000 barrels of crude floods India and China in Oil AND GASOLINE PRICES STILL INCREASE."

Oil Will Only Fall So Far

Here's a new thought - consider it a future Media Headline:

"US Crude Reduction Exceeds Increasing World Demand!! Gasoline Prices Drop!!!!!!"

byline: "15% cut in US daily diet of 20,000,000 barrels of crude floods India and China in Oil."

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Fitz - I looked at your website Opinion article/energy plan (again, and stopped short of finishing it, again) and suggest that you differentiate Problems (measurable dependent variables) from Causes (independent CAUSES OF THE PROBLEMS - Causes are what gets changed to fix the Problems (which you measure); CAUSES GET TESTED FOR VALIDITY.

And there are CONSEQUENSES TO CHANGES IN CAUSES OF PROBLEMS: INTENDED (of course) and UNINTENDED.

CAUSES SHOULD BE PRIOITIZED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS: ease of implementation, feasibility [technical and economical], etc.,

I suggest you (being an engineer, etc) find, read, and apply an old but helpful book "The Rational Manager" to you plan; it may strengthen it mightily, and simplify it. Then, maybe, those it's intended for would be able to understand and use it.

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And, lest I forget my mantra {like kudlow's DRILL, DRILLL, DRILL,},
NOT ONLY DID WE NOT REDUCUE OUR CONSUMPTION OF CRUDE,

WE DID NOT DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT OUR ALTERNATIVES!!!!

SO, go Boone, Warren and Bill!

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gO RESPIRATE!! You are so right - WE are the problem; since 1973!!!!

Starting in DC - Detroit to Houston - and then the people.

We have to point nowhere outside the US to examine the causes of our own energy problems - we've stared it in the face for 40 years and thumbed our noses at it (oh yes, we reduced our own production, BUT WE DIDN'T REDUCE OUR CONSUMPTION - SHAME ON US!!!).

Those outside the US have the opportunithy AND THE RIGHT to bring that to our attention - we, inside the US, appear to be unable (inable) to do it.

Houston to Obama: Smell the Oil

You my man again Gordon!

Crude Sell-off: Solid Entry Point into U.S. Oil Majors

T. Boone for President. Even tho he's half right by wanting to replace NG electrical power generation with WIND POWER and half wrong by wanting to burn NG in vehicles instead of biofuels, he understands the real problems; the real causes; and addresses the real actions that change the causes of the problems. His head is where the sun shines and wind blows, as contrasted to ALL THE LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON.