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An Energy Policy That Makes Sense, Revisited

Silver-Bullet.. sorry I don't get it please explain..

i know corn is (also) used for cattle feed, now corn price tripled since the ethanol craze and the administration pushing it so much ... but now they are saying ethanol is not the answer and it's bad .. even more polluting LOL
they are also talking about importing cheap ethanol from Brazil because the corn to make ethanol here is too expensive ..
?!?!?!?!?? WTF

An Energy Policy That Makes Sense, Revisited

charliep.. "I also agree that ethonol in not the answer but it helps keep U. S. agriculture healthy"

That is true only if you grow corn .. if you grow broccoli it just plain suck
they pay the same price for fertilizers as you do but without the benefit

An Energy Policy That Makes Sense, Revisited

I quote you again..

"the biggest problem to acceptance of small fuel efficient vehicles today is that people feel insecure when passed by a gas-guzzling hummer or likewise huge tuna boat. that is yet another reason to tax the hell out of such huge vehicles."

Absolutely correct.. the fact that oil is not anywhere near depleted or depleting does not mean we need to waste it .
Also let us not forget the more important issue which is the state of our planet , oil, gasoline etc.. is a major pollutant and it is not getting any better. The technology to apply alternative energy to every day life is already available, if only we weren't ran by oil companies and a president and vice president with deep interests in oil, we would not be discussing this today. Just take a look at Europe were low emission, electric and overall smaller cars have been around for decades

An Energy Policy That Makes Sense, Revisited

The concept that this world is running low on oil is absolutely BS
this is simply a case of greed .. production is running at only 80/85%
but still we are in a crunch ?? LOL
I quote you"
CEOs OF MAJOR OIL COMPANIES took the unprecedented step to publicly say at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that worldwide oil supply will not keep up with worldwide oil demand by the year 2015."

HELLO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE ??? CEO's of major oil companies tell us there isn't enough oil to go around ??
Is this a Joke? this is like the tobacco companies telling us smoke is good for you.

Good.. then president Bush and his administration are a bunch of dick-less mobsters for not doing anything about this .. this is plain and simple, a criminal act by the oil companies and it's called extorsion.

Solution....... raise income taxes to oil/gasoline companies lower taxes on oil derived products
result : gasoline at $2.00 per gal. and heating oil at $1.25 per gal. those should be the pricing goals