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if t bone is so into saving the US, why is he buying up all the water rights he can get hios hands on..

i like the guy, always have ever since he was the first guy to talk about peak oil, but i just cant shake this gut feeling that he has a hidden agenda behind everything he does..

anyway, there's going to be a lot of money to be made in alternative energy...

EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING HAS A HIDDEN AGENDA.

Why would a rich oil man from Texas be ANY different?

Shit.

Every great invention, and even the bad ones, was created with money in mind. It would be silly to think that this is any different. That doesn't make it a bad idea.

What's funny is somebody could find a straight up cure for cancer and people would still throw a fit because somebody, somewhere is going to get rich off of it.

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?

I think it's a great idea. We have to start somewhere to get the ball rolling. If he's going to make money off it so will others. Maybe that will even inspire more development in other technologies.

Umm we have had cars that run on natural gas for years maybe even decades. There are many companies that already have fleet vehicles that run on natural gas, UPS is one of them.

The best thing about natural gas, it is the only fuel that can replace oil right now. It also can be used in the cars we have now, they just have to have a different carburetor system set up.

The other cool thing about NG is it lets engines last much longer than a engine that burns oil based gas because there is very little carbon build up. There is really no downside to NG, other than the fact we are using it for generating electric and that's taking up most of the current supply.

Ok well my lack of knowledge about natural gas cars notwithstanding....I still don't think it's a great idea.

The wind thing is fine, but I don't like the idea of natural gas cars. As was posted before, why replace one expensive fossil fuel with another?

My personal preference is nuclear power, lots and lots and lots of nuclear power to light up the power grid....and electric cars that will get their juice from the same power grid.

Then we can spend all those billions of dollars on technologies to safely dispose of or recycle the waste material.

I just have a tough time trusting a guy's plan who has been such a shady, lying scumbag in the past.

I agree with you on nuclear. It's too bad that we had the incident at 3 Mile Island which was overblown and scared the public away from nuclear. But long term, it is the way we should go. There are some issue with it such as what to do with the nuclear waste and old facilities that need to be addressed though.

But I still don't see why using wind or solar is a bad thing. If you pick the parts of the country right, it's as reliable as anything. Even if it only aids in the power grid, every bit helps. While solar has issues with land, wind doesn't. Farmers in fact can lease their land out for the turbines. We see this being done right now with power lines and cell phone towers without any problems. Farmers can grow crops right up to the base of the turbine with no problems. It's a great way for farmers to maximize their land even more than they currently do.

I see very little problem at all with wind, especially if it's used as a secondary form of energy.

I'm with you on this one!

bingo.
the same situation is occuring here in the southwest with solar power. in the last 18 months private companies have been gobbling up land to setup solar arrays and make bank. all i'll get out of it is an eye sore when i drive and walk the desert.

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.