New World patriot

Wind's Our Future, but Natural Gas Is Now

First, I believe we need to look at all energy alternatives. Second, I don't want to send anymore money to the Middle East. Third, I would like to see an energy independent North America.

However, I have a problem with the basis of the energy 'crisis' and I have a concern with one of our energy solutions.

First, I firmly believe the energy 'crisis' is a 'wag the dog'. In my opinion, the wild fluctuations in the oil futures market are not based on standard trading principles. In actuality, the oil market looks much more like a bunch of old women buying and trading Bingo cards on a Saturday night than a valid market. And, most of that fluctuation can be traced to speculation and hedging.

Now, why would the market speculators and hedge funds jump so hard on oil? Maybe, just maybe it's because T Boone Pickens and Goldman Sachs started their chicken little 'The sky is falling' dance about six months ago. Peak oil --$150 to $300 a barrel oil -- any of that sound familiar? OPEC has got to love T Boone Pickens! He's put a huge amount of money in their pocket. Then he shows up on in a self paid and self promoting national advertising campaign saying we have to quit sending money to them. What?

Again, I believe we need alternatives and energy independence. I just don't like the underhanded, selfserving manner it's been pushed on us or the tremendous, instantanious burden it has placed on individuals, families and corporations. If we don't want industry in this country and we want huge unemployment, than we are moving in the right direction. In addition to the market manipulators, due to unwavering greed, Wall Street is slowly killing industry in this country, which is the basis for the markets entire existance. Good move morons. Between the market manipulators who have crammed it up us and broken it off and Wall Street killing the vehicle of it's existance, we won't have much in this country for the next generation.

Now for wind power. I have yet to see a study on the environmental impact of large wind farms. I'm not talking about birds kills and other relatively minor events. I'm talking about potentially major weather changes. No form of energy is free and as we have seen in the past, projects with the best intention can cause major problems down the road. Living in the mid west, east of the proposed wind farm corridor, I'd like to know what weather effects it will have here around the Great lakes. Will it effect rain and snow, reducing it or moving it elsewhere?

Yeah, yeah, what a crack pot, right. Ok wiseguy, ask the forestry department about the effect of controlling forest fires for 50 years and the effect it had on the Yellowstone wild fire.

Our Energy Future

Yes, oil is finite. However, you have predicated your entire story on the words of an oil investor who personally profits when you print his stories of Peak Oil and demand outstripping supply.

May I suggest you reference the CEO of Shell Oil who has stated current oil prices have been pushed up by speculation alone, that filled tankers are currently waiting in the Gulf for destinationa and that there are no shortages at the pump.

So, without huge lines and closed gas stations, do you believe the CEO of Shell or do you believe T Boone Pickens who claims there's a 1.6 million barrel shortfall per day?

So, quit referencing Pickens, he is the proverbial fox in the chicken coop and he is fleecing all of us.