IF we agree that we at some point in the realitive future will be in the situation where we can´t produce enough oil to meet demand (Please notice I´m NOT arguing that we will run out of oil any time soon) then to drill for oil in national parks would only be to prospone the inescapable(<-that can´t be a real word). We either have to develop methods to use direct energy sources (sun, wind, waves etc) better or start using nuclear energy sooner or later.
Indirect energy (fossile fuels) are created from elements that are also nessesary to produce other goods we feel are nessesary for a modern life and a shortage of these basic substances will effect our way of life even if our energy system makes the transformation to alternative ressources.
Finally to capitalise all known ressources of one substance as long as we haven´t developed the alternative yet would be very stupid. To defend our way of living in the future someone better have to keep some of the ressources away from the marked. And there is noone right now other than the state to do that.
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Indirect energy (fossile fuels) are created from elements that are also nessesary to produce other goods we feel are nessesary for a modern life and a shortage of these basic substances will effect our way of life even if our energy system makes the transformation to alternative ressources.
Finally to capitalise all known ressources of one substance as long as we haven´t developed the alternative yet would be very stupid. To defend our way of living in the future someone better have to keep some of the ressources away from the marked. And there is noone right now other than the state to do that.
Originally posted by billybobsky
the crude comes from international corps... it is refined in the us...
the refineries aren't producing enough gas from the oil to meet demand, this is the first time in history (?) that this has occured...
--but we haven't built any new refineries since the 70s!
"The Dodge truck business is way down," General Manager Jim Giddings said, because of what he called "this gas thing."
This was sort of funny for me to read being a former Dodge Truck owner switching to a small car because of fuel milage reasons.
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