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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

All the cars on Planet Earth together cause the most pollution. Once someone has a car, they don't want to be without one. For that reason, the environmentalist keep fighting to have cars as non-polluting as possible.


On May 19 09:59 AM bobbobwhite wrote:

> Re auto pollution standards: All the concern is with cars. What about
> unregulated pollution from other sources that is never calculated
> into the auto figures or as a defined, specified contributor to overall
> CO2 pollution? These are construction machines, mining machines,
> buses, all sizes of cargo trucks, NASCAR, drag racers, sprint racers,
> all modified competition vehicles such as demolition derby participants
> and monster trucks, motorcycles, lawn mowers, gas trimmers and blowers,
> ATV's, outboard and inboard boat engines, gas generators, gas compressors,
> and much more. Everywhere you look there are many of these working
> every day, obviously adding greatly to the problem but never directly
> included in gov't studies.
>
> I have never read anything anywhere where the effects of the above
> machines were calculated into the overall air pollution figures.
> I truly would like to know the amount of CO2 they produce and add
> to the problem in comparison to that produced only by cars.

U.S. Oil Consumption: Not Quite So Bad

We in the US will be using less oil but we will be paying more for what we do use because of the greater cost in extracting, refining, transporting. Also there will be more and more customers for oil elsewhere.

Sarah Palin: Wall Street's Candidate

Ditto User 224829 - I went through a horrible time in the early 70's when money was taken from people who worked, sometimes multiple jobs to make ends meet, to pay for poverty programs that never did any thing for the poor. A lot of bumper stickers could be seen that said "I fight poverty I work" If our economy has been so wretched for the last eight years why do so many people want to be here? Why don't more people pick up and leave? What we have to do is produce more energy here which will create high paying jobs that you don't have to go to eight years of higher education for. And get into debt because of the high price of tuition in the process.

A New Dynamic for Middle Eastern Oil

The Wall Street Journal was where I read about the proposed deal between CNPC and the Iraqui goernment and I was thrilled. It tells me the war is winding down (probably over) and that the Iraqui's will get money flowing into the country. Like James I think what's good for China and Iraq is good for the USA. Good article.

We Can Lower Gas Prices Now If We Drill, Drill, Drill

The benefit of extracting oil from USA soil and off its shore is that most of the dollars paid for it would STAY HERE instead of Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela and Canada. Canada especially is benefiting immensely from this commodities boom and won't mind that much if we get a bigger part in the World Play. I agree, the price at the pump won't come down that much, if at all. But it will keep it shooting up to dizzying new heights. And I want those wages to go to union workers here in the USA. Those poor people in Saudi Arabia don't get much in the way of a fair wage.

We Can Lower Gas Prices Now If We Drill, Drill, Drill

Support offshore USA drilling! Think of all the great jobs it will create. Most of that money will stay in the USA. The need for more drilling rigs could create jobs for our manufacturing plants. More money can stay in the USA.