This plan Newt Gingrich is promoting is brilliant. We as a country have got to become energy-independent. I paid $3.94/gallon this morning and that’s some of the cheapest in town. I know some of you are paying well over $4.00/gallon already. Gas shot up .16 cents in one day here. Newt is a wise man and I enjoy his books. Too bad he gets a bad rap from most of the media.
This campaign outlines sensible solutions like accessing the 1 trillion barrels of shale oil in the Rocky Mountains, with 800 billion barrels fully recoverable, which is three times the current oil reserve in Saudi Arabia.
I could go on and on about this, but I think these gas prices anger us all. I hate that I drive 47 miles to work each way, even though I love my job. I’ve got to do something different. I fully support this movement and can only hope that enough Americans direct their outrage towards eliminating continued rising fuel prices in our country.
Here is the link: http://newt.org/tabid/193/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3494/Default.aspx
This explains it all and has a video. Don’t be a liberal and just sign the petition. And if you’re hesistant, just think, Chuck Norris supports it! Speaking of Chuck Norris, here is a funny Norrisism: “Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother’s womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.”
I think Newt’s reputation started going downhill when he started cheating on his wife….
I am completely with you on drilling for oil at home. I also think we should be using nuclear power for a lot of our country’s energy needs. As far as the shale oil goes, I think it will be utilized when it is economically feasable for oil companies to do it, right now, the oil companies are refining at full capacity anyway so what would be the point of going out and getting more oil? We need to build the refineries first and increase our refining capacity THEN it will make economic sense for them to develop the shale (which would be great).
True on the cheating on his wife part. He just gets blasted worse than many others who have done that and much more (like, I don’t know, maybe Clinton..)
I agree with the refineries too; we need more, but I don’t think they have interest in any others means of fuel. I definitely don’t have the answers, but I sure do have the frustration. Thanks for your thoughts. And nuclear power is a must too. If I ruled the world, things would be much different.
Damon, you missed the 9-1-1 festival and parade today in H’ville this weekend. There is a lot of BBQ up here and I saw an incredibly wise old man today–he was riding a scooter as his mode of transportation. Of course Haleyville is the kind of town where you can ride golf carts around too, which some were doing.
The American Trucking Association has been testifying in front of a Senate committee about oil prices. They also advocate drilling in America. I think it’s funny how environmentalists cry wolf when we want to tap into our own resources, but don’t seem to care as much that it’s going on in another country. We need other sources of energy, but shouldn’t leav it up to the oil companies. After all, they’re OIL companies. And Thad, if I ruled the world, we’d all be translated by now……….
Cheyenne, anytime you bring up the ATA you can’t go wrong. They are a great organization. Good Stuff. Trucks Bring It.
Oil shale has the same energy density as baked potatoes and requires massive amounts of energy and water to get something approximating petroleum products out the other end. The reason that we’re not developing it is because companies haven’t yet figured out how to do so profitably. Sure, go ahead and fund more research, whatever, but let’s be realistic about what oil shale can and cannot offer.
I’m certainly in favor of using US resources, including ANWR and offshore oil, but we use 25% of the world’s oil. So long as that remains true, energy independence is a pipe dream.
Mike has been preaching oil shale to whoever will listen!