Jul/09/2008
Political leaders are bewildered by the energy crisis. They want immediate solutions to problems that have festered for decades. Real solutions are long-term, so when those are mentioned they are dismissed because they would have no immediate impact. However there are several ways to immediately reduce fuel use nationwide. Each step may seem small, but prices have surged because demand is slightly higher than supply. Cutting national fuel consumption by just 2% would lower fuel prices.
Free Mass Transit Days
Cut Mail Delivery Days
Reduce Junk Mail
Slow Down the Mail
Cut Military Steaming Days and Flying Hours
Eliminate Military Air Show Demonstration Squadrons
Fund Expressway Bus Stops
Warn Government Agencies to Cut Back
Educate Drivers on Energy Savings
Address the Nation
Frankly - 2% is like pissing in a volcano, so it goes.
With a minimum of a conservative 4-8% decline (not including ELM)...we cannot run fast enough to stand still.
These and a long list of other "strategies" will be thrown at the "problem"...before long.
Bottom line - YOU will not be driving shortly and YOUR children will never drive if currently 14 years old or younger.
Cheers _________________ "There must be a bogeyman; there always is, and it cannot be something as esoteric as "resource depletion." You can't go to war with that." Emersonbiggins
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
Imagine the total amount of energy and resources the US Navy uses sending those massive carrier battle groups around the world to intimidate other nations.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
vilemerchant wrote :
Imagine the total amount of energy and resources the US Navy uses sending those massive carrier battle groups around the world to intimidate other nations.
Yes this is a real big waste of energy and tax $$$,, but if we didnt do it than Iran, Russia and china would be at our shores......
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
timmac wrote:
vilemerchant wrote :
Imagine the total amount of energy and resources the US Navy uses sending those massive carrier battle groups around the world to intimidate other nations.
Yes this is a real big waste of energy and tax $$$,, but if we didnt do it than Iran, Russia and china would be at our shores......
Bullshit!
They want you to believe that load of crap. _________________ Tired of high gas prices? Then stop driving to work, duh..... Learn to Work from home
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:29 am Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
burtonridr wrote :
Bullshit!
They want you to believe that load of crap.
Yea, and if you think China, Russia or Iran would not want more of there sub's parked off our shores you are crazy,, I did some time in the Navy and will tell you there is alot more that goes on out at sea with all those military ships that would make you change your decision...
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
timmac wrote:
burtonridr wrote :
Bullshit!
They want you to believe that load of crap.
Yea, and if you think China, Russia or Iran would not want more of there sub's parked off our shores you are crazy,, I did some time in the Navy and will tell you there is alot more that goes on out at sea with all those military ships that would make you change your decision...
I do not think the poster was saying to abondon the navy and the subs from there duties, I think he was just saying cut back on some things. Nobody wants the Chinese, Russians, Iranians (have subs??) to be unchallenged. But living in total fear of being invaded seems unreal.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
Back in the topic, it is like pissing at a volcano. But we use so much energy and oil in a non efficient way, that it could make a little bit of a difference. Cutting the globalization crap and producing locally more and more would be a great help.
It would be like having all the people in the world pissing at the volcano at the same time.
Do I believe everyone would join the bandwagon of conservation? Nah! Wish they would, though.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
Back in the topic, it is like pissing at a volcano. But we use so much energy and oil in a non efficient way, that it could make a little bit of a difference. Cutting the globalization crap and producing locally more and more would be a great help.
It would be like having all the people in the world pissing at the volcano at the same time.
Do I believe everyone would join the bandwagon of conservation? Nah! Wish they would, though.
Joined: May 26, 2008 Posts: 903 Location: Chicago, IL
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:20 am Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
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...prices have surged because demand is slightly higher than supply.
Slightly?!?! From oil to shampoo to bic pens to whatever you can think, we're consuming everything like there's no ... tomorrow.
Well, perharps we're on to something.
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
vilemerchant wrote:
Imagine the total amount of energy and resources the US Navy uses sending those massive carrier battle groups around the world to intimidate other nations.
The U.S. military uses about 500,000 barrels of oil a day that's a drop is in the bucket compared to what the U.S commuters uses each day to get to work.
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
Drive up to the window, get a hamburger an be on your way in a couple minutes.
Get online, talk to and see your mother in real time, half way around the world.
Want something and have to wait for delivery? For an extra $12, you can have it shipped overnight.
Best of all, it's microwavable.
So much of the world has moved to instant gratification. Good things come to those who wait. Why wait, when you can have it instantly.
Peak Oil is a problem for which there is no instant solution. He11, it doesn't even have a technical solution. The world has already waited too long, ignoring the problem in favor of the more pressing issues of the day. Had we taken the necessary steps to mitigate the problem 20 years ago, it would have been an urgent project even then.
The people expect a problem to be solved when it presents. Take a pill, a phone call, make a quick stop at the store, throw some money at it, just buy a new one. They will support whatever it takes to fix a problem, as long as it does not interfere with their lifestyle.
Everyone is all for energy conservation. Somehow this does not jive with the fact there are tanning salons in the state of Florida, hundreds of them. Conservation is all well and good, but the fact remains it does not help. All it does is help keep the price more stable. Without demand destruction, consumption will continue unabated. The fact is that most of the people will not conserve unless it is forced upon them. Conservation legislation does not exist and won't pass any elected legislature. Conservation is synonymous with economic contraction. Too many lobbies in bed with just about every elected official out there for new laws to be passed, let alone funded and enforced.
Conservation will occur, there are forces out there at play as we speak which will enforce it. White's Law. The invisible hand of the market will be that which compels the people to conserve, which will drive them to change their ways. There is not a solution, there is only a response: Powerdown. _________________ If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever."
-George Orwell, 1984
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
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Cutting national fuel consumption by just 2% would lower fuel prices.
China is now the one that sneezes, not the US. Our heyday is over.
They will consume whatever we conserve with gusto. _________________ A Saudi saying, "My father rode a camel. I drive a car. My son flies a jet-plane. His son will ride a camel."
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
Electric_Economy_2025 wrote:
vilemerchant wrote:
Imagine the total amount of energy and resources the US Navy uses sending those massive carrier battle groups around the world to intimidate other nations.
The U.S. military uses about 500,000 barrels of oil a day that's a drop is in the bucket compared to what the U.S commuters uses each day to get to work.
Quote:
Unsurprisingly, its oil consumption for aircraft, ships, ground vehicles and facilities makes the Pentagon the single largest oil consumer in the world. By the way, according to the 2006 CIA World Factbook rankings there are only 35 countries (out of 210) in the world that consume more oil per day than the Pentagon.
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: Re: Instant Solutions to High Fuel Costs
Montequest wrote:
China is now the one that sneezes, not the US. Our heyday is over.
They will consume whatever we conserve with gusto.
All we do with conservation is offer fuel at a fair price to the nation most likely and able to be a future aggressor.
It is better the US continue its ways of conspicuous and superfluous consumption, lest the Chinese be allowed to develop. _________________ If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever."
-George Orwell, 1984
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