tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post8102453512664926497..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: King Obama has SpokenAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-39632053334489459952009-01-27T15:07:00.000-08:002009-01-27T15:07:00.000-08:00Doug, I am not so sure of your figures as regards ...Doug, I am not so sure of your figures as regards oil. My impression is that there is lots of oil yet to be discovered. New discoveries occur all the time, but much of it is miles down in the ocean. There is said to be a lot of oil in the Arctic as well. I don't think the world is running out of oil for a very long time to come...and oil is a global commodity.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-60319837917519936372009-01-27T14:18:00.000-08:002009-01-27T14:18:00.000-08:00I agree, Alan — every little bit helps. Many peopl...I agree, Alan — every little bit helps. Many people hear large numbers like "4 billion barrels of oil" and find that to be enormously large. It is. However, our annual consumption of about 7-8 billion barrels is even larger. I was merely trying to create some sort of simple, visual pie chart so that we can all come to grips with how big "big" is. Most people have no idea how much oil the country consumes annually. You could drain the Bakken fields in 6 months, ANWR in about two years. After that, what? (Yeah, yeah, yeah ... there ARE other sources of oil. I'm just sayin'...)<BR/><BR/>When one looks at our annual needs, then compares it to accepted, known world oil reserves, you realize that yes, our oil reserves won't last for a century. Known US oil reserves seem to be about 50 billion barrels, or about 6-7 years worth of our needs. Czar Obama and his minions keep talking about "energy independence," right?<BR/><BR/>That is, unless some alternative fuels can be developed. I don't believe for a minute that wind and solar are the answer. They are laughably inadequate. But shale? That stuff is everywhere, but it's all locked up in the rocks in which it is contained. Let's find a way to extract it, after which our supply of oil is essentially infinite AND domestic.<BR/><BR/>Let's put all of these silly "green trillions" into converting shale to oil rather than chasing the pixie dust of solar and wind energies.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912396346554025648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-77874030855852284612009-01-27T05:38:00.000-08:002009-01-27T05:38:00.000-08:00I am not suggesting the US will get all its oil fr...I am not suggesting the US will get all its oil from Bakken, ANWR or anywhere else, but to not drill our own reserves makes no sense at all. As it is, we import most of our oil from Canada and Mexico these days, not the Middle East.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-85369804283731901542009-01-26T23:27:00.000-08:002009-01-26T23:27:00.000-08:00I hear the media claim that there is a looming str...I hear the media claim that there is a looming struggle by the far left to try and pull Obama to the left. So far it looks like he is pulling everyone into "his house", which is built on the far left already.<BR/>The "science" continuously referred to by the IPCC for the "agenda" is dutifully reported by the press as fact. Never mind that the data they claim is watertight in reality has more holes than the colander in your kitchen! <BR/>Somehow, I believe, all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't convince "the one" to give up this socialism vehicle that the Global Warming/Climate change offers him!<BR/><BR/>The American auto industry is now doomed (if it wasn't before). Obama stated that he was "helping them prepare for the future".<BR/>I suppose this means they probably should find and purchase their burial plots. <BR/><BR/>Union members can learn from this; be careful what you wish or vote for! Let's hope the UAW has a plan B!libertyforusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584974436761909593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-75212409944928159292009-01-26T20:35:00.000-08:002009-01-26T20:35:00.000-08:00I'm on your side, Alan, but I would remind you of ...I'm on your side, Alan, but I would remind you of this factoid: the US consumes between 7-8 billion barrels of oil per year. Thus, the Bakken fields offer "only" about half a years worth of oil. Yes, the Bakkens hold a lot of energy, but we need at least two of them per year.<BR/><BR/>My response to all of these appeals for a Manhattan project to convert the entire energy grid to "renewable sources" (ha!) is to try something much more feasible: turn loose the oil companies to find the REAL holy grail: convert shale to real live oil.<BR/><BR/>It's an old oil axiom that shale is 10 years away, and it's always been that way. There's a HUGE amount of shale in the US, but it continues to remain an unviable energy source. Why not focus the country's engineering efforts to unlock this mystery. That would lead to REAL energy independence for centuries to come.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912396346554025648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-74908906172115377312009-01-26T20:15:00.000-08:002009-01-26T20:15:00.000-08:00Here in Ohio, we're looking at not one, but two Wi...Here in Ohio, we're looking at not one, but two Winter storms bearing down on us. We've had daytime temperatures in the teens for the better part of three weeks now, and last week, the night time temperatures were well below zero almost every night. Cars are breaking down, pipes are freezing, and furnaces are crapping out. We heat with wood, and I've blown through most of the two-year (I thought) stockpile of firewood I had on hand. The lake we live on has been frozen since late October, making this one of the coldest Winters we've seen. Global what?<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, in Columbus, the big news today was that the firefighters' union agreed to forgo their 4% pay raise this year, as long as the city agreed not to lay any of them off, and give them their raise immediately if the city got any of the federal bailout funds. The other city unions REJECTED the agreement, and demanded their raises, and one of them even filed a grievance against the mayor. Apparently, he told them if they didn't accept the pay freeze, he would have to lay people off, and THAT, my friends, is a threat, and we can't have that now can we? I don't see anyone sobering up yet.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I feel the need to start drinking ....Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903448394061019454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-84404443343372071862009-01-26T14:20:00.000-08:002009-01-26T14:20:00.000-08:00I do "hope" the republican party "sobers up" but I...I do "hope" the republican party "sobers up" but I will not hold my breath..Sailingbumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075735924327359000noreply@blogger.com