Re: A victory for the Eco-Freaks! No, wait, that's a defeat for the Eco-Freaks, no, ...

Have you ever been off the coasts of this country? Do you think everyone in
the US lives in a metropolitan area? For some people in the US the nearest
neighbor is a half days ride down the road.

Better research that a bit more, gasoline is a byproduct. The refiner can
not get to the expensive part of the crude, where they make real money,
without first cracking off all the light distillates like gasoline .

If oil producing countries do not sell their oil to willing buyers what will
do with it, eat it? ;)

The fact is without oil all the economies of the world wound crumble


mike hunt




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What happens to the economy when people can not get to work etc, if your
policy were implemented?

I imagine they'll finally start to figure out that living 30 miles into
the
countryside was a bad plan. They'll figure out how to car-pool or use
public transport and they'll start to agitate for more public transport
and
more bike paths and sidewalks. With fewer cars jamming the roads, we'll
see
faster commutes. It might occur to the local authorities to more
liberally
license "shared cabs" or other alternative forms of transportation. With
an
increase in biking and walking (at least as far as the bus stop or
car-pool
meeting place), America will work off some of its ugly fat. Our balance
of
trade will improve. GM may finally feel goaded into shifting their
advertising budget into engineering small, fuel-efficient cars. You won't
see them building overweight useless vehicles like the 4700lb SSRs any
more.
People who don't routinely pull a big honkin' trailer will stop buying big
honkin' SUVs just in case they ever do buy a big honkin' trailer. Every
morning, the expressway that goes by my neighborhood is bumper-to-bumper
SUVs carrying just one person.

What happens to the excess gasoline left over
from the refining process, do they just burn it off again at the refinery
like they did before it became a motor fuel?

What "excess gasoline?" You're talking about 1910 technology and
practices.
Modern refineries will adjust to avoid producing excess product. The per
barrel production and import tax might be the best way to achieve this.

LOL

Why? This is serious business. If we don't get our oil appetite under
control, competition from the Chinese and Asian markets will cause us
strategic problems. Never mind that, we already have a strategic problem.
If the Straits of Hormuz were mined, life would suck. A determined Iran
could close the Persian Gulf. And I think they could keep it closed.
Smart, determined terrorists could probably disrupt supply enough to
really
screw things up for years.

mike hunt

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I *LIVE* in Massachusetts and know about all of this first hand.

The Earthy Crunchies I know don't really want ANY progress. At all.
None.
Period.
I live in one of the most Liberal, Eco-Minded areas of the United
States.
These people are rabid in their beliefs, to the point that they make
Rush
Limbaugh look like a choirboy. NOTHING is good! Windmills are an
eyesore.
Coal and oil pollute. Nuclear is the way to weapons. Solar is ok.
That's
it.

What you're saying is the main reason why I believe we should ration
gasoline and jack up the price to at least $8 a gallon. Turn the screws
until the rich bitches squirm. And they will when they realize no
amount
of money will get them more than 3 gallons.




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