The future of oil does not look very bright. Within the next 7years, experts think there will be a global oil shortage. Industrialized countries will demand more gas and the supply will not be able to meet the demand. The consequences of a global oil shortage could be a nightmare.
President Obama said he will stand up to big oil, but shouldn’t the USA be focused on reducing its demand for oil. Obviously the higher the price of gas is, the more people will cut back on their driving.
What are the presidential candidates’ plans to reduce the USA’s demand for oil?
It needs to be addressed from multiple angles. First, the economy in general needs a jolt. If the value of the dollar would increase it would help to slow the quickly rising costs of oil. Second, we need to start seriously looking into other energy sources such as hydrogen, nuclear, solar, wind, to help get ourselves away from oil. Even if billions of dollars were poured into this it would still take 15 years to make a significant reduction in our dependence on fossil fuels. Third, we need to do something to address OPEC. We’ve poured TRILLIONS of dollars into protecting Saudi Arabia for the last 20 years and it’s time for them to pay up. We need to stop providing tax breaks to non-renewable energies in order to force them to look into alternate sources.
Neither candidate has released specific details of a plan, only a few key points of areas they would focus. I would expect it will be a major point of discussion at the upcoming conventions as the national avg. for gas at the time will likely be well above $4 per gallon.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:37 am
the most important thing is to make sure Obama and his horrible policies never reach the whitehouse.
We need to tap ALL our domestic resources- and then work on a long range plan for real alternatives rather than just jumping on failed technologies that have more negative side effects than positive impact like ethanol- it shouldnt be about partisan politics but about doing what will REALLY work
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February 21st, 2010 at 7:13 am
Oil is the most important resource we have, you or anyone in the USA could not get by for more then a few minutes without using some kind of oil or oil product.
Blood for Oil,,,,,, Blood for Oil,,,,,
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February 21st, 2010 at 7:21 am
It needs to be addressed from multiple angles. First, the economy in general needs a jolt. If the value of the dollar would increase it would help to slow the quickly rising costs of oil. Second, we need to start seriously looking into other energy sources such as hydrogen, nuclear, solar, wind, to help get ourselves away from oil. Even if billions of dollars were poured into this it would still take 15 years to make a significant reduction in our dependence on fossil fuels. Third, we need to do something to address OPEC. We’ve poured TRILLIONS of dollars into protecting Saudi Arabia for the last 20 years and it’s time for them to pay up. We need to stop providing tax breaks to non-renewable energies in order to force them to look into alternate sources.
Neither candidate has released specific details of a plan, only a few key points of areas they would focus. I would expect it will be a major point of discussion at the upcoming conventions as the national avg. for gas at the time will likely be well above $4 per gallon.
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February 21st, 2010 at 7:39 am
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_oil_spill.html
see how hypocrite this fraud is. He attacks rivals on ethics, what about his slumlord lawyering, his bomber friends, his anti-America associates and endorsers?
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February 21st, 2010 at 7:52 am
To use all the methane from all the bull shit from the elections that has piled up.
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