On Mar 19, 7:54*am, Frank wrote:
On 3/19/2012 7:19 AM, HeyBub wrote:



Mark wrote:
If you don't think the price of gasoline would drop like a stone
after a speech such as that, you're nuts.

lets say there is a lot more oil in ANWAR and Canada and the Gulf.

Should we just burn through those as fast as we can now to keep the
price low now?

Yes. Definitely.

Or should we think of those as the reserve tank and save them for say
10 years from now when the rest of the world is really running low.

Solar and wind and other alternative energy is not going to ramp up as
fast as we all would want it too.. *I think *it might be a good idea
to keep some of the "good stuff" in reserve until the alternates are
workable.

As to "holding it in reserve," that's like the secretary who's in charge of
the supply cabinet saying "No, you can't have a pencil. There's only one
left. If I gave it to you, then I'd be out."

They physics of solar and wind do not and cannot supply our energy needs. It
would take a solar collector farm the size of the Los Angeles basin (~1200
sq miles) to supply the electrical needs of California. During the day. The
cost for materials and maintenance of such a contraption is almost
incalculable.

The good news is that the citizens of Los Angeles would be living in the
dark.

The only way to improve that situation is to move the orbit of the earth
closer to the sun. We cannot run this country off of sunbeams, or unicorns
on treadmills.

Doesn't LA get most of its power from nuclear in Nevada?

I would add increased nuclear to your presidential proclamation list.

In addition, revamp the EPA eliminating CO2 as a pollutant and do away
with the ethanol mandate and boutique gasolines.


The different formulations are a point few mention. They prevent an
efficient market because if you have excess of one formulation, it
may not be able to be sent to where it's needed.




Balance the Federal budget to stop international devaluation of the dollar.- Hide quoted text -


And again, a point few mention. The devaluation of the dollar has
been a
substantial contributor to the increase in price of oil.