| pocketkangaroo |
08-11-2008 05:52 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiplashDug
(Post 14593158)
Seriously... take the propaganda somewhere else! Your talking points don't mean anything to real Americans! But, since your so well educated on the subject, perhaps you can enlighten some of us simpletons?
First, maybe you can explain to us how much oil there is, how much we could extract, and why it would have so little effect?
Then, help us understand how adding tens of millions of barrels a day
in DOMESTIC supply has a negative effects on our economy? And how created a new, source of money to invest in renewable energy technology is again, not worth it?
Lastly, while you at it, please enlighten us as to how none of this would help to strengthen the US economy/dollar and how a stronger dollar would not mean lower prices for oil?
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First off, this is not going to strengthen the dollar. Raising interest rates will strengthen the dollar. Not printing money for banks like it was going out of style will strengthen the dollar.
I think the issue with drilling offshore is two-fold. First being that it's going to take at least half a decade before any of this enters our country. And just because it's drilled domestically doesn't mean we get access to it all. It means the oil companies do, and they can sell it to anyone they please. Sure it raises supply and thus could lower cost, but even the experts have said it's likely to have a minimal effect on the amount of oil that we consume.
The other is of course that this is just another band-aid. The country needs to focus on new fuel sources and fast. It needs to have a plan in place for replacing fossil fuels in the next 10-20 years. Does this simply delay the inevitable?
I'm for it only if it involves a huge push in alternative energy to go with it. Also if it's guaranteed to be safe for the environment. No destroying huge patches of the ocean so I can fill my tank up for a few pennies less. Drilling is a band-aid, and a poor one at that. |
