Yep, happened for the first time in 75 years under Trump. Let me guess, that was just the result of Obama's time in office that took awhile to reach fruition?We are already a net exporter of oil. So supply isn’t an issue.
The only reason we are a net exporter is because the Saudis allow us. If they wanted we wouldn't even be in the top 5You can bet your ass the dems will do everything in their power to make sure we cease being a net producer.
Yep, happened for the first time in 75 years under Trump. Let me guess, that was just the result of Obama's time in office that took awhile to reach fruition?
I've yet to meet one that will ever admit they are wrong. Not one. They did in and just start screaming and yelling and blaming everyone else.I hope everyone that voted for these 2 see and admit the errors of there ways.
TDS is real.
this is only the tip people. Prepare for a full blown screwing.
Idiots.
Thank you.Lush is a leftist.
Never claimed to not be
So, he's not really "outed".
And because he disagrees, doesn't make him a "troll".
More name calling...All true. That said, I, for one, am just not on the mood for having some self-righteous leftist telling us we are all wrong. He can go back to Mother Jones, or Huffington, or wherever he came from.
More name calling...Why do you think I should have indefinite patience with abject stupidity?
More name calling...Just another idiot that doesn't understand that the power for the Prius comes from burning coal because NO RENEWABLE is reliable enough to charge the car.
I value the anecdote! Trucks and SUVs are usually the top-selling models for United States automobile sales, so it makes sense you'd find them purchased by all walks of lives.To be fair, a large number of pickup truck drivers use them towing/hauling about as much as your average Jeep driving soccer mom goes off roading.
I have a friend that always drives a shiny new GMC. His current ride is a crew cab, short bed Denali. It's a beautiful truck.
Like many, he decided to do some home improvement projects while "working from home" during our springtime lockdown. He asked to borrow my truck, a not so beautiful, slightly temperamental 1998 model, to pick up some building materials.
I was like, uh... Is your brand new truck in the shop or something? He was like, of course not. So I'm like, uh... Why not maybe use your truck?
He was kinda indignant and somewhat offended at the implication that his "truck" should be used for such a task.
I told him no.
He ended up renting a truck at Menards.
How will these things come to be true? I am all for learning and am never so proud as to not admit when I'm wrong.You're talking out both sides of your mouth. You are criticizing and apparently supporting Biden"s position on energy. Yes, those things you stated above regarding out 2020 oil production are true. Following the position you are arguing, they will cease to be true.
No, one solar panel does not equal one coal powered plant. You and I both know that the difference between renewable energy sources is that the generating device can, and will be, placed just about anywhere. We may all know about the wind farm north of Lafayette. Yes, the area it takes up is huge, but that land still holds its farmland use, too. As more and more renewable energy generating sources are put into the grid, normalization will occur and will fill the void that non-renewable energy plants leave.You happen to be out of touch with the reason that you are blessed with electricity that is "vastly cheaper". If you think that will remain when coal, oil and natural gas are removed from the equation, then you are wildly mistaken. Wind and Solar output and control dont even come close to matching Nuclear, Coal, and Natural gas power plants. When those fossil fuels are removed from the equation the grid is going to get very sketchy and costly, what do you think it does to the grid when everyone decides its time to recharge those Teslas? Renewable energy doesn't have the storage or control for that kind of demand. Take a look at Commiefornia, wont it be nice when the government has to schedule your electric usage for you, and it cost 3 times more?
Just my opinion, gained from a career in electric production.
Also the cost of your Tesla will definitely increase when the steel production is affected, you know because of coal.
How is this a matter of the Constitution?it is exposing those who are really not constitutional by nature. Let them say their piece.
Qualifying why you need your truck now was not a part of your previous post concerning your 24 gallon tank nor was it a part of my response. Am I saying that there isn't a reason for trucks, big rigs, and the like to exist? No, however, if you're concerned about how gas prices are going to affect your 24 gallon tank, then you, as a consumer, have options to mitigate that.OK you got my hair up now.
My truck gets 17MPG Hiway and avges 14/15 depending.
I make my living from this truck. We work it. I bought it near new to pull my race car trailer. Now we haul HVAC squip. and home improvement materials/fire wood/scrap/etc and so on.
**** a Tesla. What can you haul in a Tesla.....?????
Man this line of thinking fires me up.
Congrates on you driving a High top tennis shoe. No thanks.
And how far.....?????
He's correct on both fronts, since Earth is a composition of space matter. It's just that nothing on this earth, technically, is "native." Everything in it and on it has come from some distant reach of our infinitesimal universe, deposited here by The Big Bang, asteroids, meteors, and whatever else allowed this planet to form as it has.I have never heard that take on silver and gold. You figure all the deep gold and silver veins were deposited by impacts?
I am not scoffing at the idea, just never heard the theory before.
There's a whole treasure trove of South Park episodes and gags to overflow this thread with. Some seasons have been greater than others, but that's a different thread for a different time. Haha!
This is actually a really good resource, thanks for posting! If anyone is looking for a comprehensive list, that goes all the way to George Washington, I'm linking it here.
Yep, happened for the first time in 75 years under Trump. Let me guess, that was just the result of Obama's time in office that took awhile to reach fruition?
The NPR interview transcript I linked in my previous post covers all of this. I found it to be pretty enlightening, I hope you do, too.The only reason we are a net exporter is because the Saudis allow us. If they wanted we wouldn't even be in the top 5
Many reasons, control market stability, allow Russia to grow. If they wanted to flood the market they would have little problem s doing so.What was their motivation to give up billions in sales and allow the US to advance?
The difference is renewable is not 24-7 producer. And storage capabilities dont exist. If you're ready to tailor your usage to that of your output, but that's not how the world runs.No, one solar panel does not equal one coal powered plant. You and I both know that the difference between renewable energy sources is that the generating device can, and will be, placed just about anywhere. We may all know about the wind farm north of Lafayette. Yes, the area it takes up is huge, but that land still holds its farmland use, too. As more and more renewable energy generating sources are put into the grid, normalization will occur and will fill the void that non-renewable energy plants leave.
As coal ceases to become an energy-generating source, the supply chain is going to divert to manufacturing. This excess of coal in the supply chain will not increase the cost of steel production, as you say. Foreign steel has had the single biggest impact on domestic steel production and cost and continues to do so.
But, but, but, but feelingsThe difference is renewable is not 24-7 producer. And storage capabilities dont exist. If you're ready to tailor your usage to that of your output, but that's not how the world runs.
How much coal is used in the production of one windmill? How much fuel does it take to transport and erect 1 windmill, try that with your prius.
maybe do some research into battery technology and the damage it does to the earth, your prius doesn't even come close to cancelling that out
but if they want to flood the market and make oil worth $5 a barrel they have the ability. Are we going to export our oil for that? Nope. We won't even use ours at that price. It would shut our production down. Meanwhile the Saudi and Russia build an allianceI've got no issue with them flooding the market, more supply is typically a good thing for consumers, at least when free markets are allowed to exist. The more we produce on our own the less we have to pay for oil produced elsewhere.
It's not $5 now, because Russia and Saudi Arabia has a truce going on. That intern lets Russia strengthen while we will cut our own throats with regulations and internal conflict. And when they want to they will make us dependant on them. Americans have proven they are not willing to pay a premium for products that cost more to make here, because of self imposed regulations that make them feel all warm and fuzzy.Are we buying it for $5? If so, why not stockpile oil we pay more to produce until prices go back up? If prices go up we use our own, if they drop we use theirs. I'm not an economy expert by a long shot but I struggle to figure how politically handicapping the United States so we cannot compete worldwide just doesn't seem to be in the best interest of the country. Oh wait, I forgot we were talking about Democrats in charge, we're supposed to come in last.
Storage capabilities exist and will continue to improve. We are still very much in the infancy of renewable energy as a globally adopted energy source.The difference is renewable is not 24-7 producer. And storage capabilities dont exist. If you're ready to tailor your usage to that of your output, but that's not how the world runs.
Obviously, it takes non-renewable energy sources at some point along the chain. Obviously, there is going to be a carbon net negative in the upstart of these industries. I am not so dull as to miss your whataboutism, but...How much coal is used in the production of one windmill? How much fuel does it take to transport and erect 1 windmill, try that with your prius. maybe do some research into battery technology and the damage it does to the earth, your prius doesn't even come close to cancelling that out
We do stockpile it and we would. I've referenced this link for a third time now, but they discuss what effectively answers your second question.Are we buying it for $5? If so, why not stockpile oil we pay more to produce until prices go back up? If prices go up we use our own, if they drop we use theirs.
SHAPIRO: If some external event happened and suddenly the U.S. could not import any oil at all, would the U.S. be able to get by on just domestically produced oil? Is it that we choose not to or that we really can't?
CROFT: Well, what we would do in the case of a really prolonged supply disruption - we would probably release first from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. We have the largest stockpile of emergency crude in the world. But certainly, if you think about a situation where you had the Middle East off the market, that would be a huge problem for the United States.
And one of the things that we think about in terms of our relationship with countries like Saudi Arabia is Saudi Arabia is the only country that sits on spare capacity. U.S. production is, like, just in time production. It cannot surge production quickly. Saudi Arabia holds barrels in reserve. They have an installed capacity of about 12.5 million barrels a day. They're currently producing under 10 million. They are the central banker of oil. They're really the only country that can bring it on quickly in terms of barrels, you know, in an emergency situation.
SHAPIRO: OK. So the U.S. has become much less dependent on foreign oil over the last decade. Do you foresee a time when the U.S. will be totally independent?
CROFT: Even if the U.S. continues to produce, we would have to have a situation where we had ample supplies in reserve beyond the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be in that type of situation. So again, I think that we've become more self-sufficient. But the idea that we are completely walled off from what's happening in the rest of the world in terms of global crude markets, I think we're not going to get to that point anytime soon.
Think Strategically not Tactically.The more we produce, the less we have to pay
That is the first sensible thing you've blurted out.Obviously, We have to buy cars manufactured before 1975, rip out their catalytic converters, then do laps around the country?
This guy gets it.Think Strategically not Tactically.
Why start a price war against our blossoming infrastructure that hurts your allies?
Play the long game, wait for a favorable administration and drive domestic production into the ground with favorable pricing.
Once our capacity is crippled you can torture our economy with your price control,
thumb screws if you will.
The administration doesn't fight it because they get to take the "W" on Lower production(yeah environment!)
and
Lower prices(yeah economy!)
PLUS, bonus points, the powers that be understand the pendulum of politics. Leaving your opponent with crippled infrastructure and an enemy in control of your oil supply is American politics 101... Possibly a proxy war too.
Time machine rides $10 apiece.