I guess it's time to start drilling in Alaska and off the coast of Northern California
Unfortunately, your right. There has allready been a new push for drilling despite the evidence and facts that Anwar would have little to no effect on our oil current oil market. Not to mention the benefits of drilling are at least 10 years away.
Interesting how it is done. The people who are for the drilling go to the area at it's bleakest. The land is covered in snow, appears harsh and unhabitable. Of course, that's what they want you to think.
That same area, once thawed, becomes a lush land of unparalled beauty to thousands upon thousands of aninamls. It's actually quite breathtaking to see how many animals it actually supports in a small area.
Instead of looking for shoddy short-term substitutes, we should be looking for solutions. Considering the limited amount of oil and gas available to the world, with rising development and growth in places like China and India, it suprises me that it is not much more expensive.
It should be. When the oil wells run dry, we will lose so many things we have become dependant on, only one of which will be gas. The effects will be felt everywhere from the plastic industry to pharmaceuticals.
What happens to the U.S. then? Our economy is so closely tied with a resource that is going to vanish, it fluctuates nearly daily on the mere hint of less supply.
Well, having expierenced withdrawl myself, I can assure you that if the proper steps aren't taken, we are in for quite a hellish adventure. Thunderdome and Soylent Green senarios are not so far fetched.
Drilling in Anwar scares me. It's not an attempt at solving the problem, but instead is a desperate attempt to make that little extra bit of profit without regard to the true future.
While our farmers struggle to survive and compete with the global market, the Government watches them flounder with inaction. Hemp, a viable resource for fuel, clothing and pollution reduction, is illegal to grow in the U.S. yet we import tons of it. Even if you want to get vehicle specific, peanut oil could also be used (could it not?) as a substitute, but yet isn't.
The Government is not willing to remove the sheath of ignorance that surround the public regarding hemp for fear of losing more ground on the allready failed drug war.
The uninformed public rather laugh at a viable resource as "hippy talk" then take the time to educate themselves about the true nature of the resource. All the while glady forking over large sums of cash for their precious oil, complaining about the price, but doing nothing to reduce it. It's ludicrous to me.
Absolutely ludicrous.
/dismounts soapbox
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