Electricity, Fuel, Alternatives,Nuclear, Solar... Energy crisis solved.

John McCain called on Tuesday for energy conservation and an end to a ban on U.S. oil and natural gas exploration.

"The straightest, swiftest path to energy security is to produce more, use less, and find new sources of power"

Cutting back on energy usage

- Sen. John McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledged $2 billion a year in federal funds "to make clean coal a reality," measures designed to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

 

Clean coal? Coal is coal; just look what happened to China...

 

Idea of Offshore Drilling Seems to Be Spreading

I am glad that some of the leaders know how to solve problems. I am amazed at the ignorance of people wanting to sit back and do nothing.

Gov. Charlie Crist stepped on the third rail of Florida politics this week when he abandoned his opposition to drilling offshore for oil and natural gas.

Governor Crist’s position appears to line up with Senator John McCain’s call for an end to the federal moratorium that prevents coastal drilling.

 

I'm amazed at the ignorance of those who jump up and down on an idea that most experts even say wont do much, on an idea of which even if it would work will only work on the short term.

I'm amazed at the ignorance of people who have the nerve to say others want to sit back and do nothing, all the while those 'others' are bringing up other, better, longer lasting ideas to the table.

 

Here is on benefit of offshore dilling besides more oil "fish like artificial reefs, activists say they aren't habitat" Oil companies could be required to operate fish farms around the platform to promote artificial reefs. “Environmentalists” wake up in the middle of the night sweating and whimpering about offshore oil platforms only because they’ve never seen what's under them. This proliferation of marine life around the platforms turned on its head every “expert” opinion of today. Oil wells can promote more than lower fuel prices but also provide aquatic habitat. Drilling is only part of the solution needed to jumpstart the economy.

This school of rockfish was photographed some 700 feet underwater, near the base of an oil platform off the coast of Ventura, Calif..

 

The reality of it is there is nothing in the short term that will fix or cause the price of oil to drop. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything either. Even viable alternative energy fuels are decades away that doesn't mean we should experiment with them and invest in them.

 

I Think using hydrogen will solve our energy problems.

http://www.cardriveby.com it's water+gas but in japan they already invented a car that runs just on water.

 

END THE WAR. Price drop guaranteed.

 

It must be amazing to come into, yet another thread, nitpicking without presenting a view.

 

Ahh yes I'm all for looking into items, what I am against is those who continue to post thread after thread after thread about 'drill more oil at home and all will be well'

I see I have my very own troll.


No nitpicking going on, when a person posts thread after thread of the same thing and can never back up why they claim it's the solution, but have the nerve to accuse others of not having a solution.

Next failed attempt by you?

 

http://www.unbossed.com/index.php?itemid=2141 :

@mercuryyy
hydrogen is bullshit. It's not an energy source, it's more like an energy storage "device" because you need a lot of electricity to get it out of the water and then then you put it in your car and turn it back into electricity. Oh, and the hydrogen powered cars cost a lot of money. I think the ideal option, at least for city driving, (which is most of the driving anyway) is compressed air powered cars. Clean, cheap, and easy to use. And you get a range of about 130-140 kms which is enough for most people

 

I think we are sharing him.

People do not know enough about basic physics and chemistry to be able to make informed statements about energy. But that doesn't stop everyone from having an opinion. Unfortunately.

 

I have a question for everyone Supper. Easy to answer for everyone.

Whats everyone view? Whose energy plan is better? or gas plan is better Obama or McCain ? link



McCain is offering a summer break from the 18.4-cent federal gasoline tax, and holding out the promise of more offshore drilling to help you drive more cheaply to the beach. He wants to build 45 new nuclear reactors to generate electricity. On Monday, he proposed a $300 million government prize to anyone who can develop a superior battery to power cars of the future.





Obama , he'll promise you cash back from the windfall-profits tax he plans to slap on Big Oil. Check the tires? How about promises to go after oil-market speculators who help drive up prices as well as big subsidies for solar, wind, ethanol and other alternative-energy projects? The Illinois senator likens his energy package to the Kennedy-era space program.

 

I am impressed by this. McCain is not even elected yet, and he's already earmarking $300 million dollars we don't have, with powers he won't have by being President.

By the time he invades Iran and Pakistan, we'll be dying (literally and figuratively) for him to draft us, our brothers and our sons.

This election is turning into who can bankrupt the country fastest, by spending what we don't have, to buy votes.

 

So you think Obama's plan is better? I agree wth Obama about the tax cut for the summer will do little to nothing.

 

I just found this photo.
If all autos could get over 100MPG the the gas price impact would be lessened.

 

Amen, but you forgot "end the fed" too.

The drop of the dollar and the rise of the price of oil are very intertwined and the war is but a factor in that. I've had my money in euros and made 60% over the dollar in 2 years, just cuz I do my transactions in euros , granted if the fed starts raising interest rates, and the eurofed cuts them, then I may switch back to dollars.

But most Americans are perfectly happy with economic slavery. The best slave is a willing one.

They'll just "vote" to put out their "concerns". Such sissies. Thinking the powerless could overthrow those with power with a silly "vote" is a ridiculous idea to begin with. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote. Think that was Franklin...

 

One thing no one except one person on tv said is to lower the speed limit back to 55 mph. It would save 3 to 6 million gallons of gas a day. Now imagine how many barrels of oil that is when you only get 35% gas out of one. Simple fast and would drop prices in under a week.

 

Wouldn't solve the speculative bump from the threat of foreign war, the deflation of the currency to pay for the war etc.

The FED/inflation/war problem is persistent. You can lower the speed limit, which will help, for a little while. But you'll need to lower it again. And again. And again.

Don't cut off your nose because you smell something bad. Throw out the garbage!

 

Plus lets not forget not everyone follows the speed laws. Plus factor in time lost from now traveling longer.

Plus cars having more speeds in their transmissions = better fuel economy at faster speeds from my knowledge.

My mazda 6 for instance has a 6 speed automatic, at 65-70 mph it's barely over idle. My Hummer on the other hand does work a bit extra at 65-70, I however don't see why everyone should suffer because not all cars are efficient at higher speeds. Sounds more like the auto companies should make the cars more efficient at higher speeds