Re: Clinton: OPEC 'can no longer be a cartel'

On Wed, 07 May 2008 01:06:51 -0500, Matthew Scott
<scottm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

El Castor wrote:

On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:48:45 -0700, Rita <Rita@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 06 May 2008 21:10:14 GMT, Rumpelstiltskin wrote:
Are we going to invade more countries to force them to
do what we want them to do but they don't feel like doing?
If not, are we going to intimidate them to force them to do
what we want? The latter, I think, might produce even
more bad feeling long-term than invading them.

Seems to me they hold the winning hand. What are we going
to do if they refuse? Stop buying their oil? I suppose
we could invade them as we did Iraq. That would work well?

Tell us about Obama's energy plan. Drilling in AWR? Continental shelf?
Nuclear power?

Just read an interesting report of an interview with Boone Pickens in
the current American Spectator. He is investing big time in wind farms
in west Texas, but stresses that government involvement in obtaining
rights of way and permitting distribution networks is essential to
efficient utilization of viable "green" energy. He seems to feel that
ANWR and the continental shelf are dead issues, politically, and the
only way to reduce the country's dependence on foreign imports is to
aggressively develop alternative sources domestically. He also supports
nuclear power and photo-voltaic arrays in the southwest, but again
points out the difficulty distribution poses.

One fascinating point he made is that Canada appears to be preparing to
enter the Asian oil market in a big way; that's a fascinating
development, particularly with the political posturing now about NAFTA.

Bottom line is that someone, anyone, had better step up and start
leading this country toward energy independence. So far, Washington has
ducked the issue.

Other than the possibility that hysterical eco-freaks might burst a
blood vessel, I can see no reason why we shouldn't drill in ANWR or on
the continental shelf. The same goes for nuclear power. We could be
independent of foreign oil -- if the Left would allow it. As for wind
farms, around here they chop up so many birds they are known as the
Cuisinarts of the Air.
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