Gas at $4 brings promises, pandering from candidates

cipi604

I think Bush had the more realistic energy plan, and why? Cause there is no way out. It's called war.

Plantagenet

Obama's promise to fix high oil prices by taxing big oil and severely limiting speculation on oil futures will be far more attractive to the average American, because (1) it requires absolutely no sacrifices and (2) it blames big oil companies and evil speculators (i.e. rich republicans) for high gas prices and makes them the scapegoats. Smile

Cog · Heavy Crude Joined: May 17, 2008 Posts: 148

McCain and Obama, even if they did understand Peak Oil, would never run on a platform of power-down and alternative energy strategies. Those involve sacrifice and the American people don't want to hear about that.

I'm not really Democrat or Republican anymore and haven't decided how to vote in November. When PO becomes all too apparent in the next four years, what I'm wondering is who can make the bad medicine of this knowledge go down with the American people. I'd have to give the ability to persuade and reason to Obama at this point.

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cube · Fusion Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 3775

Do you notice something strange?
According to the article the 2 candidates completely disagree on everything.
Is there some rule in American politics that says you have to disagree on every single issue possible with your opponent?
For example why can't Obama says he agrees with McCain on nuclear power but disagrees with everything else.
or maybe...
Why can't McCain say he agrees with Obama on taxing oil companies but disagrees with everything else?

I'm getting an image of 2 elementary school boys having a silly argument on the playground: "If you say that then I must say something else."
Has American politics degenerated to such a low level of stupidity or maybe I'm reading between the lines too much?

killJOY · Fission Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 2509 Location: ^NNE^

america is a giant retard, with weapons.

Battle_Scarred_Galactico · Intermediate Crude Joined: Apr 07, 2005 Posts: 970

I'd say more like a giant crack-addicted weapons maker.
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ColossalContrarian · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 20, 2006 Posts: 684

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TheDude

One possibility is the POTUS using H Bombs as leverage: The Nuclear Option. This assumes said President has the best interests of the American public in the first place.

Would consuming nations attempt an embargo of car exports to producing nations that show massive increases in domestic consumption? This is the sort of subject that crosses my mind a lot, but you never hear the like from members of Congress, never mind Pres candidates.

Not on board with the speculative theories. Can't wait for the vote, I think they're waiting until Sept. to gather evidence or some such rubbish. Expect any available effigy to get the torch. Dem resistance to expanded drilling etc. will, in the wake of $6+/gallon gas, collapse - along with sundry other items...

You can stop any time, Plant. Partisan sniping is about as exciting as watching heavily medicated invalids play lawn darts. Orlov: "In the Soviet Union at election time you only had the one bitter pill of the Communist Party. In the US with the Capitalist Parties you have two placebos."
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