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Obama's Plan to Double Energy Production

No schmuck, he spends it in Hawaii. You mean spirited Klutz. I Stopped reading at your first blather.
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Paul Krugman + Al Gore = The Way Forward

Folks, this is just plain silliness spilling over into a formerly great "Seeking Alpha". Just like the cable news, they have to keep something "interesting", "provacative", "polarizing" to keep the eyeballs on this site. Getting to be like the "Yahoo" sites' caustic slug fests... except without the filthy descriptors.
Many people on this site now just shout palaver from the right and left over and over. No basis in fact... just assertions and shoutdowns.

AGW is a theory debated by the EARTH SCIENTISTS, a relatively small and select group of MSs and Phds. Let them collectively debate the issues without interference form polititians and writers. I venture that if there were as much interest in the "Theory of Relativity" as there is in the "Theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming" we might be less distracted by "SCIENTIFIC THEORIES".
Maybe we could concentrate on human basic needs right now..... like getting rid of air pollution, assuring a minimal level of medical care for those who are in greatest need, caring for the young disowned street kids and unowned orphans, here and around the world.

Such displaced energy. What a waste of human resource.

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No Matter Who's Elected, Alternative Energy Wins

Uncle Fred needs a longer memory. Both Republican and Democrat administrations have ignored energy sources since President Carter was blindsided by the huge petroleum spike (caused by some OPEC countries). All presidents and congresses since that time have elected to do nothing but bury heads in the sand. The current impetus vis a vis petroleum policy in Republican circles is "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE" and "DRILL, DRILL, DRILL,,,, here!" Democrat policy is still mired in a democrat controlled congress which has accomplished very little while it has the upper hand. All elected officials seem to loathe the only policy that has been proven to work. Raise the price of gasoline by adding more taxes to it. If the price resulting is high enough, there will be a mass exodus from large pickup trucks, SUVs and older fuel inefficient vehicles. The new petroleum stingy vehicles will be adopted.... We have 40+ years of European experience to prove it.
Liquid petroleum fuels are inelastic to a certain price point and starts to become more elastic above that. All we need is a congress with GUTS to do the right thing for the future of this country.
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