tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post8433415713847954088..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: T. Boone Pickens* on Oil ImportsDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51634314191876410032008-02-23T15:37:00.000-05:002008-02-23T15:37:00.000-05:00poetryman knows the dealBut it's all offensive, to...poetryman knows the deal<BR/><BR/>But it's all offensive, to someone or another<BR/><BR/>Can't be having that.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28506681172519982942008-02-23T14:22:00.000-05:002008-02-23T14:22:00.000-05:00Energy Independence Now!No more Oil Wars!Stop fund...Energy Independence Now!<BR/><BR/><BR/>No more Oil Wars!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Stop funding the terrorists!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Drill in Anwar. <BR/><BR/>Build more nuclear power plants<BR/><BR/>Use More coal.<BR/><BR/>Use more natural gas<BR/><BR/><BR/>Turn trash into energy<BR/><BR/><BR/>Double the efficiency of windmills and solar cells.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>If France can do nuclear power so can we.<BR/><BR/><BR/>If Brazil can do biomass/ethanol power so can we.<BR/><BR/><BR/>If Australia can do LNG power so can we.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Domestically produced energy will end recession and spur the economy.Poetrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405842194336331770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79446948374039206442008-02-23T12:47:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:47:00.000-05:00Whit,If you google "nano solar", I think you'll fi...Whit,<BR/><BR/>If you google "nano solar", I think you'll find that there might be something there to get excited about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48486222668867374862008-02-23T12:44:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:44:00.000-05:00It may have been in a podcast, I'll see if I can f...It may have been in a podcast, I'll see if I can find it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61092850755619904252008-02-23T12:37:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:37:00.000-05:00"..this week I heard a report that current photo v..."..this week I heard a report that current photo voltaic technology is a bad investment.."<BR/><BR/>Where did you read this and in what context?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28103354486621362932008-02-23T12:36:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:36:00.000-05:00Scientific American Magazine January, 2008A Solar ...Scientific American Magazine<BR/> January, 2008<BR/><BR/><B>A Solar Grand Plan</B><BR/>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-planAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76493723297766447772008-02-23T12:28:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:28:00.000-05:00We better be on the cusp of a solar breakthrough b...We better be on the cusp of a solar breakthrough because this week I heard a report that current photo voltaic technology is a bad investment. Anybody with half a mind and a calculator could have figured that out for themselves...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60903709034699427572008-02-23T12:26:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:26:00.000-05:00But I do think we're on the cusp of revolutionary ...But I do think we're on the cusp of revolutionary innovation in energy supply, particularly in Solar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22278415460894983612008-02-23T12:21:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:21:00.000-05:00"..the nation's wealth is being plundered by oil e..."..the nation's wealth is being plundered by oil exporters and the U.S. faces a potential financial disaster if our energy policy is not reformed.. Pickens pointed out that the U.S. is currently sending half a trillion dollars out of the country each year to buy oil,.."<BR/><BR/>I've got no bone to pick with Mr Pickens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36579874854971766292008-02-23T12:19:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:19:00.000-05:00A couple of years ago, we had a school bus driver ...A couple of years ago, we had a school bus driver run over a little girl as the bus was starting out. The girl was small enough that standing right in front of the bus she couldn't be seen. In this case I think it was finally ruled a really unfortunate accident. The lady driver was really shattered by the event The little girl died..Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70487200610661354642008-02-23T12:12:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:12:00.000-05:00That school district is going to get sued.That school district is going to get sued.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2099826540073163802008-02-23T12:06:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:06:00.000-05:00Off topic but too outrageous to let pass: I just f...Off topic but too outrageous to let pass: I just found out that an illegal immigrant with a fake drivers license was driving the school bus in which four students died this week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56549964869019622722008-02-23T12:03:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:03:00.000-05:00Can't drill in Anwar or off some of the coasts. Ca...Can't drill in Anwar or off some of the coasts. Can't do coal. Can't do nuclear. I have even heard or read people complain about wind, the propellars cutting up birds,etc. Disheartening.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47688578832488857602008-02-23T12:02:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:02:00.000-05:00No matter what we try to do, someone is standing i...No matter what we try to do, someone is standing in the way.<BR/><BR/>How do we separate the wheat from the chaff; the information from the disinformation?<BR/><BR/>I've posted a recent <A HREF="http://2164th.blogspot.com/2008/02/arguments-against-bio-fuels.html" REL="nofollow">IBD editorial about the environmental and economic costs of bio-fuels.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18355965832244263452008-02-23T12:00:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:00:00.000-05:00Of course, a small cadre of "elitist" activists ha...<I>Of course, a small cadre of "elitist" activists have blocked reform efforts.</I><BR/><BR/>Same story out here. We have a good proposal going for a new nuclear power plant in south Idaho, and the 'activists' are starting to fight against it now. I think we should pass some legislation declaring we are in an emergency situation and streamline the process to get around all these roadblocks that people try to put up. In our case the effort is being backed by a doctor and some of his friends. They are tryig to put the issue up for a vote of the people. I don't know the legalities of all their moves. I don't know if the people can just stop it by a vote, if they have that power to do so.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69216699251371318552008-02-23T11:52:00.000-05:002008-02-23T11:52:00.000-05:00One recent effort to invest public funds in a priv...One recent effort to invest public funds in a privately run, coal-powered regional generating facility were defeated by the anti-coal coalitions. <BR/><BR/>Given that the US has more coal reserves than anywhere else in the world, it is especially troubling that coal has been so demonized as a viable resource.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75994428508438726292008-02-23T11:50:00.000-05:002008-02-23T11:50:00.000-05:00The run up of crude prices has highlighted an aspe...The run up of crude prices has highlighted an aspect of the burden placed on US consumers: Taxation of energy by all levels of government. We have a community-owned (read government run) electrical generating facility where I live. As you would expect, our elected officials have chosen to hide taxes under the rubric of electrical rates which are as much as 40% higher than industry averages. The problem historically is that too many voters in my area have not paid their "fair share" of taxes otherwise and have had little interest in changing the system. Of course, a small cadre of "elitist" activists have blocked reform efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com