It's quite sickening to see anyone downplay an oil spill. You obviously don't live near the Gulf Coast or weren't anywhere near Alaska back in the late 80's.
Sure, politicians do with events what they do, R's or D's. Be it war, national security, 9/11, oil spills, immigration violence, etc...
The answer is not to cold-turkey our industry. But there are multiple reasons why we should be moving more toward Wind Energy. It will never completely replace the need for oil though. But watching that live camera shot of the oil pumping billions of gallons of oil into the ocean is sickening. Tarred up beaches, lack of fishing and tourism, plus the overall ecological damage is devastating.
you got the 4 trillion dollars it will take to put up the transmission lines Wind take?
oh and what do you do when the wind aint blowing?
oh and coal and natural gas supply the electricity to the grid that wind could possibly replace.
Oil is used for transportation. as of yet there is no technology in existance that can supplant gas as the fuel for transportation.
apples and oranges... EXPENSIVE apples and oranges...
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128oz x 0.1=12.8oz
128oz x 0.01=1.28oz
128oz x 0.001=0.128oz
128oz x 0.0001=0.0128oz
128oz x 0.00001=0.00128oz
128oz x 0.000001=0.000128oz
That is 128/1000,000 of an oz which reduces down to 2/15625 of an oz.
As has been mentioned... this is still a disaster and the end has not yet been seen. But to say this is, at this point, equal to a soda can of oil in a bathtub isn't a fair assessment in the least. Especially in my bathtub because I have a claw foot tub.
But... were I in my tub right now I wouldn't want 2/15625 oz of oil poured in there with me.
Last edited by Digging4Truth; 06-17-2010 at 03:46 PM.
you got the 4 trillion dollars it will take to put up the transmission lines Wind take?
oh and what do you do when the wind aint blowing?
oh and coal and natural gas supply the electricity to the grid that wind could possibly replace.
Oil is used for transportation. as of yet there is no technology in existance that can supplant gas as the fuel for transportation.
apples and oranges... EXPENSIVE apples and oranges...
That's all you got? lol
The money is there. Let's not haggle on that. Just look at the money invested in energy in this country and you'd know that. I'm not sure where the 4 Trillion estimate comes from, but that's not really the problem.
If you read my post, I said I don't see it feasible for oil to be completely replaced. Dependency on it can be much reduced though.
For transportation, technology is definitely there to move us away from gasoline. It's a matter if that's what the country wants.
You act like the oil industry is a frugal cog in the business world. It's expensive apples-to-apples my friend.
128oz x 0.1=12.8oz
128oz x 0.01=1.28oz
128oz x 0.001=0.128oz
128oz x 0.0001=0.0128oz
128oz x 0.00001=0.00128oz
128oz x 0.000001=0.000128oz
That is 128/1000,000 of an oz which reduces down to 2/15625 of an oz.
As has been mentioned... this is still a disaster and the end has not yet been seen. But to say this is, at this point, equal to a soda can of oil in a bathtub isn't a fair assessment in the least. Especially in my bathtub because I have a claw foot tub.
But... were I in my tub right now I wouldn't want 2/15625 oz of oil poured in there with me.
128oz x 0.1=12.8oz
128oz x 0.01=1.28oz
128oz x 0.001=0.128oz
128oz x 0.0001=0.0128oz
128oz x 0.00001=0.00128oz
128oz x 0.000001=0.000128oz
That is 128/1000,000 of an oz which reduces down to 2/15625 of an oz.
As has been mentioned... this is still a disaster and the end has not yet been seen. But to say this is, at this point, equal to a soda can of oil in a bathtub isn't a fair assessment in the least. Especially in my bathtub because I have a claw foot tub.
But... were I in my tub right now I wouldn't want 2/15625 oz of oil poured in there with me.
Hey, Digging!!!! Missing your posts as well!!!! Welcome back!!!
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