Bush: "America is addicted to Oil"

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7763

I hear the head of the Medellin drug cartel is also cautioning Americans about their drug dependancy! Laughing

grabby · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Nov 08, 2005 Posts: 1328

Anti-matter rocks.

And we found some on the other side of the moon possibly,
So we need to bring them home.

MattSavinar · Elite Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 2000

Leanan · News Editor Joined: May 20, 2004 Posts: 4575

I've heard rumors that he decided to remove the energy stuff from the speech tonight, and dedicate a whole speech to the topic of energy later. I've also heard rumors that it's going to be all about energy tonight.

Apparently, we have Kunstler to thank, if Dubya has seen the light about peak oil. Richard Rainwater is Dubya's former partner (when they owned the Texas Rangers). Rainwater read Kunstler's book, and that converted him to peak oil. A White House aid claims Rainwater has convinced Bush.

MattSavinar · Elite Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 2000

Barbara

I know for sure what technology Bush is speaking about:
genetic modification of crops in order to obtain better or more ethanol.
No joking.
The guy must absolutely sell that crap. Nobody wants to eat it here in the free world, so they try to sell it for transports. Lot of money with patents and seeds.

Really: no joking. I've heard it on MSM at the time of Scotland G8. Maybe someone remembers.
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Leanan · News Editor Joined: May 20, 2004 Posts: 4575

Starvid

The above discussing on "technology" reminds me of the role of the state in third world development studies. During the 60's and 70's it was "more state!", during the 80's and 90's it was "less state!" and now it is "better state!".

We need more of the good technology and less of the bad. Now we just have to reach consensus on what is bad and what is good technology. Razz

To avoid conflicts I say coal plants are bad and fuel cells are stupid. I think that should not be very controversial.

And I think you all know what I think is good technology. Razz

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Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

pstarr

That's right. I am Rainwater and I am beaming this message to you from the deck of my super yayt yacht uh (I can't even spell the word. That's how wealthy I really am) off the cost of Corsica on my way to Sardinia. Yeah you fellows down there in the trenches are doing great work getting the message out to important people like me so we can just put our entrepreneuroil minds together and figure out other ways to get fantastically wealthy helping all the dark races and other simple people get modern stuff like Planter's Peanuts, and used Nikes' God how I love being me Smile

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PeakOiler

If Mr. Rainwater is indeed visiting this site and has the President's ear, then he needs to tell him that one step should be to set real examples such as fulfilling his Dad's government mandate that an annual increasing percentage of goverment vehicles are powered by alternative fuels. That law was passed but never followed. My understanding is the lawsuit against the government for not following that law was thrown out of court.
Go figure.

arretium

For the sake of our country and the world, I really hope he does mention Peak oil. We need a slap in the face and the SOU is the perfect spot to do it. Could you imagine what would happen to the stock market tomorrow if he, err, the federal gov't, essentially acknowledged that we've reached peak oil?

UIUCstudent01 · Intermediate Crude Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 894

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gebregebremarian · Tar Sands Joined: Jan 28, 2006 Posts: 21

"America is addicted to Oil"

He'll really have my ear when he comes clean and admits he got a temporary fix for the "addiction" over in Iraq, our methadone in the middle east.