tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post3056528012443029221..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: On our addiction to foreign oilThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-55178040769989082342010-11-30T18:24:14.419-06:002010-11-30T18:24:14.419-06:00Sorry for the tone, Tim. I certainly wasn't tr...Sorry for the tone, Tim. I certainly wasn't trying to beat you down.<br /><br />I agree we should fully exploit all our domestic energy sources, or rather allow private business to do so. Especially nuclear. But if foreign energy is cheaper than domestic energy, then we're naturally going to buy that.<br /><br />We actually export oil from Alaska to Asia. Not all oil is created equal. Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-13497704943333030342010-11-30T11:58:00.718-06:002010-11-30T11:58:00.718-06:00Wow, it's pile on Tim day... :-)
Okay, perhap...Wow, it's pile on Tim day... :-)<br /><br />Okay, perhaps "addiction" wasn't the best choice of words. But I was just trying to carry the theme of the original post forward. So let's substitute "dependence".<br /><br />The point I was trying to make is that IMO the U.S. would be better off if we met more of our energy needs with domestic sources of all types - CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-75449540365939080302010-11-30T06:38:16.340-06:002010-11-30T06:38:16.340-06:00Reminds me of the stories of the prominent old For...Reminds me of the stories of the prominent old Fort Worthian, Amon Carter, who would bring a sack lunch if he were forced to go to Dallas. He had to make sure that the Dallas economy didn't prosper by the amount of one lunch.TarrantLibertyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624121038065257931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-39934699726522815812010-11-30T06:13:27.876-06:002010-11-30T06:13:27.876-06:00Tim,
How about if we let whoever wants to invest i...Tim,<br />How about if we let whoever wants to invest in the project build us some nuclear power plants? (In addition to your Drill, Baby, Drill proposal?)<br />The solar/wind thing will never be a sensible option. The OPEC nations (and others) will never let the price of oil get so high that the Green Stuff makes sense.The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-62265137706423307202010-11-29T23:48:01.604-06:002010-11-29T23:48:01.604-06:00: to devote or surrender (oneself) to something ha...<i>: to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively</i><br /><br />We're not "addicted" to oil, Tim. We <b>use</b> oil. It provides an enormous amount of utility from consumption. An addiction is an uncontrollable desire to have or use something. By definition, it's an unhealthy desire.<br /><br />We're no more addicted to oil than we are clothing, Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-4562689114382862782010-11-29T18:29:29.036-06:002010-11-29T18:29:29.036-06:00I agree with most of what you say, but I do have a...I agree with most of what you say, but I do have a few questions/comments.<br /><br />We (the U.S.) aren't addicted to foreign oil. We're addicted to oil - period. And foreign oil-producing states aren't addicted to dollars. They're addicted to any sort of foreign currency - yuan, euros, pounds, pesos, take your pick. That's the basis for international trade between oil CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.com