Scotty,
You simply amaze me. And I mean that in the sincerest of ways. I really do understand your logic in everything you said. I am in agreeance with you that we need to find different and more effiencent forms of energy, but like I said in my previous post, big oil companies will not let that happen. At least not at the rate it should be progressing.
My thoughts on drilling the Anwar province are simple. Help us, the USA, ween ourselves off of OPEC's grip that is currently around our throats. And like you said about South America, we dont know how they managed to gooble up all the oil rich fields and seabeds, but I am sure it involved some unsavory tricks and deaths along the way to make them what they are now.
Luckily the US is not like that. But I think we need to sooner or later start thinking for ourselves instead of thinking about everyone else. We are always the "worlds police," we need to shed ourselves of that mentality and for once live and make things right for US, not everyone else. But then again when you have greedy politicians in office, and I am not naming names, we will always have hook in us till something changes.
One guy mentioned about BioDiesel, I think that is a great idea, but once again, the Oil Industry is going to do everything to slow its progress in the US, plain and simple.
I am quite curious to know more about your fuel savings and what you have done to acheive that mileage increase in your car. From 28 to 32MPG is quite impressive. And I would be curious to know what you did, to improve my car's performance to match those ratings. And like you, if you are able to achieve that success in improving your gas mileage, why cant automakers do the same thing? Once again that leads back to Big Oil lending their hand in it.
Just my thoughts on your thoughts
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