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So its clear the 1% doesnt care about how much gas costs (besides hating babies and not wanting you to have affordable housing). What about the 2nd percenters, or maybe even the 3rd percenters? What about 11 percenters? Do they care, or are they lumped with the 98 percenters or 97 percenters?
Fuel costs what it costs. The United States should get what it needs from as local a source as possible...... I think my local farmers market says it the best.... Think global eat local.
pbrow
But it doesn't matter how much Oil is produced locally - correct me if i'm wrong but drilling in the US is at an 8 year high. And according to the EIA, the %age of imported oil in the US has decreaced since 2005. So domestic drilling isnt the problem, neither is it the answer. This is a world issue, not just an American one - it extends beyond political name calling.
Hey flat, I think those numbers are great and moving in the right direction. More jobs and more fuel produced locally is a good thing. ( speaking from an american perspective ) If I recall correctly a problem here in the US is the number/location of oil refineries. Personally I dont think the solution is simply drill drill drill. Its taking the entire system into perspective. Multiplying your capacity doesnt solve your problem if you cant refine it into a useful product. Common sense policies are what we need. pbrow
Bill Gates is backing a team of MIT students who have come up with a new battery technology. They formed a company Liquid Metal Battery corp. and should have models available in two years. One design- a system about the size of a 40 ft. container can hold enough energy to power 200 homes.
In addition they have great rail service in cities and between cities. Who the hell needs to drive?
Who the hell told you that? Our rail service is expensive, unreliable and overcrowded!
An East Coast Professor and team will try to travel across the US with retrocars running on 10 gal. of compressed hydrogen. In a little experiment of my own I slip-streamed behind a Semi on a recent business trip and my onboard mileage readout went from 32 mpg. to 57 mpg.
Chrylser announced they will be adding a compressed natural gas truck to their lineup joining GM and Ford. Honda has a CNG car. Currently there are about 1000 CNG filling stations in the country and half are private fleet use.
It's now $6 per gallon in some areas of California
Toyota is showing its new 134mpg concept car at Auto Shows
A Bill before the Senate to incentivize Natural Gas Engines and fueling stations lost by not getting the 60 votes necessary, was this good or bad for our long term energy goals.
