Comments on: Our reserves won’t quench our oil thirst

By: hitekredneck

hitekredneck — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:09:37 +0000

rl, i am a parent, and yeah, i criticize my kids behavior…but i don’t bad-mouth em to the world at hand….i don’t see what accusing our own people of murder rape and pillaging is going to accomplish…i also fail to see why, if somebody is unhappy in their current situation, they don’t just change that situation….at least i didn’t accuse him of bigotry as somebody else has done to me…there’s a clear line between criticism and vitriol…back to the subject at hand, i think we need much more research into alternative fuels and energy…

By: Willis_Leon_Johnson

Willis_Leon_Johnson — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:00:53 +0000

Why doesn’t somebody call the rangely Chevron Field Office and ask them how many barrels of oil has been pumped out, and how many more they predict is still down there that is recoverable?

It’s called ‘research’, and if I did it, there are some who would accuse me of lying about it.

By: Willis_Leon_Johnson

Willis_Leon_Johnson — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:58:31 +0000

Why would one give meth to a heroin addict?

By: Chancho

Chancho — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:05:27 +0000

easy granny, you’re startin’ to scare me a tad bit….mainly with the pork references.

By: Chancho

Chancho — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:01:34 +0000

Precisely - is it more effective to give METH or METHADONE to a heroin addict?

The answer is an emphatic YES, froggie (post#4) - let’s slant drill, blast, longwall mine, retort, refine and suck the mother dry….

The MOTHER not being EARTH, of course, but that illusive, enormous oil find known as EFFCON that underlies every red & blue state, and our white butts. EFFCON, you say? a.k.a. those twin birds known as Efficiency & Conservation. The last remaining PROVEN RESERVES that we have at our disposal. Seems like the perfect opportunity to rethink our “non-negotiable American way of life” (words of Richard Millhouse Cheney).

By: bullishfrog

bullishfrog — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:57:53 +0000

“No right thinking person would consider drilling in the pristine “badlands” of North Dakota and Montana just for a six month supply of energy.”—————No right thinking person would believe that this oil would be pumped out in 6 months. That is foolish beyond comprehension. It cannot be physically done. Now, I agree with the concept of weaning ourselves from oil and I am in favor of raising gasoline taxes by more than 50 cents per year. But, in the meantime, while the price goes up, why in hell buy it from the Arabs and Chavez when we have it right here?

By: grandmasix

grandmasix — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:49:01 +0000

Chancho,
I don’t know why you think we went into Iraq, but my Grandson says he went to be the first on his block to get a confirmed kill. OOH RAH
Oh hell yea, we want the oil. Let’s burn theirs first before we burn ours. We can build some nuclear plants and mine more coal in the meantime. And when that runs out, we can build dams, and cut trees.
By the way, how do you feel about using food for a weapon? If the “sheiks of the burning sand” get real hungry, we could trade pork for oil. The price of pork bellies is down. We have the technology, we can ship anywhere in the world. Everything but the squeal, baby, that’s my motto.

By: one.voice

one.voice — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:28:32 +0000

No right thinking person would consider drilling in the pristine “badlands” of North Dakota and Montana just for a six month supply of energy. Unless that person was an oil addict, or perhaps a heat addict. If our present supply happened to run out, say in December or January, or something like that. The point is you don’t cure an addiction by giving the addict more supply. As an ex smoker, I can speak to this point with authority and expertise. Mere words cannot adequately describe how grateful I am to those caring, loving individuals, who just for my benefit, worked so diligently to raise the price of tobacco beyond my means. After 50 years of smoking, with no health problems, (starting at age 19), the PC crowd finally stepped in with the solution that helped me break my addiction. It was so simple, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it. Simply raise the price of a product until no one can afford to use it anymore. Brilliant!
And in the spirit of paying this PC crowd back, and helping them break their addiction on oil, I have just completed writing letters to the elected officials of this state, and of course, all adjoining states suggesting a government program to add $.50 per gallon tax per year until you are all free of this addiction. No need to thank me. I owe it to you. And I have the satisfaction of knowing that when you plan that vacation with the family, at every fill up you will be thinking of me and what I have done for you. Sure, there will probably be a few of you that don’t understand and become bitter, and cling to religion or guns in an attempt to explain your frustrations. I hope not, because I am going to need your help to do what is Politically Correct about that God and guns thing.
More later, right now, I need a cup of coffee. Oops.

By: RLaitres

RLaitres — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:53:37 +0000

hiteredneck makes the assumption that because another criticizes what is being done in the county or country, that somehow the critic does not “love” either. It is not the one that criticizes that displays a “lack of love or concern”, it is the one who simply does not care. A parent who corrects his child does so because they care, the ones who don’t bother (for whatever reason) are the ones who don’t. The same applies in the relationship between the citizen and his city, county, state, and even country.

There is neither individual nor organization that is perfect, that cannot improve, and not deserving of criticsm. That includes what this country does, and what it allows, through its government. Failing to pay heed to what it has done, or what it is doing and why, constitutes the very essence of failure in meeting the most basic obligation of citizenship.

By: hitekredneck

hitekredneck — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:15:33 +0000

well good lord, chancho…if you dislike the us so bad, just why are you here?…i’ve read other of your comments about “mediocre” county…i happen to love my country, as well as the county in which I CHOOSE TO RESIDE…it’s kinda an american thang, don’t ya know…if you don’t like it where yer at, you’re always welcome to leave…that being said, i agree with larry on the whole with his letter…we all know that petroleum is a finite resource…unfortunately, we don’t have much choice on what we use for fuel, as we haven’t found an alternative yet…yes, we’re a big oil hog in this country, myself included…i’m a truck driver, and can tell you that as long as fuel prices rise, so will the rest of it, as the end consumer burdens the cost of transportation.