Unless I am missing something you are agreeing to a cut in supply not demand. How does that cause us to be less reliant on oil???
Because if fewer people can gain access to oil as a supply for their energy needs, more people will pursue alternate energy sources or more efficient use of the oil they get.
I think you are wrong. The tax will not be enough to lower consumption. Also if oil rigs are moved from our waters to lets say Africa where the first rigs are going then all it does is increase our exports of oil, making us more dependent on the rest of the world.
Because if fewer people can gain access to oil as a supply for their energy needs, more people will pursue alternate energy sources or more efficient use of the oil they get.
Not if we pursue alternate energy resources instead of relying on oil.
I think you are wrong. The tax will not be enough to lower consumption. Also if oil rigs are moved from our waters to lets say Africa where the first rigs are going then all it does is increase our exports of oil, making us more dependent on the rest of the world.
Nope because of the Jones Act, we were offered help from overseas from those who have the equipment but the Obama administration refused. This equipment posessed by the EU ans other countries cleaned up a similiar spill in the indian Ocean in about three months.But money will be spent on the clean up, right?
The socialist minded know nothing about how a country operates. They sit in their academic castles, pondering fancy theories about economics and other high-minded notions of grandeur.
Not if we pursue alternate energy resources instead of relying on oil.
I think you are wrong. The tax will not be enough to lower consumption. Also if oil rigs are moved from our waters to lets say Africa where the first rigs are going then all it does is increase our exports of oil, making us more dependent on the rest of the world.
Lets not forget how many products are produced that require petroleum such as plastics, fiberglass, millions of products not to mention petroleum is required for the machinery to produce as well. All this to would have to be retooled and this to requires petroleum.alternate sources have - as of yet - proven too expensive to be a ready replacement for oil. You would have to jack the price of gasoline up enough to crash the economy to get enough people to switch. in 2008, we didn't see the beginnigs of actual change in behavior until gas hit about $4 a gallon; it's exceedingly inelastic because (as American points out), much of our consumption is tied to activities that we are not willing to give up - driving to work, going to pick up groceries, etc. and you would need to jack up prices significantly beyond that $4 a gallon in order to start seeing a mass-rapid switch to alternate energies.
'alternate energies' is not a magic wand that one can wave and pass into law in order to hook each of our electronic car batteries to a windfarm.
Because if fewer people can gain access to oil as a supply for their energy needs, more people will pursue alternate energy sources or more efficient use of the oil they get.
Lets not forget how many products are produced that require petroleum such as plastics, fiberglass, millions of products not to mention petroleum is required for the machinery to produce as well. All this to would have to be retooled and this to requires petroleum.
That is not even remotely true for the vast majority of people who are wealthy.
This idea that someone, who has more than you, didn't earn it is a plague on humanity.
Bull****. I hope that you've parked your car and are walking everywhere. You are doing that aren't you? Huh? You are, right?
Oil is the best source of transportation energy.
There is absolutely no reason why we should switch from it.
Alternatives are not popular in use because they cannot equate to the economic viability of oil.
It's completely stupid to push "green" energy, when it isn't ready for the real world of commerce.
I agree we will have do to this sooner or later but not all at once nor should we tax the public as to persuade them. This will be a gradual thing and we have plenty of oil here in the U.S. to give us plenty of time to do so. That said we shouldn't punish the consumer by taxing them to death.It is however not a renewable resource and sooner of later will run out. SO, either plan ahead, or find yourself in a real pickle. The choice is ours.
AHahahaahahahaahahahhaahha.
Oh libertarians. I too once had such a simple view of the world. Then I got my first bicycle! Really? That's the reason? You don't think there are other social, political, or economic factors involved? It's just because poor people are dumber?
Sure, most wealthy people worked hard and saved...but that doesn't change the fact that their success is not entirely due to their own life choices. If you had been born in Somalia, it is unlikely that you would have all the things you have, no matter how smart or hardworking you are. The same thing applies on a national scale. If you are born in an inner city, you simply do not have the same opportunities available to you that people in wealthy suburbs have. You would most likely attend a crappy, overcrowded school and be surrounded by crime.
Sure, most wealthy people worked hard and saved...but that doesn't change the fact that their success is not entirely due to their own life choices. If you had been born in Somalia, it is unlikely that you would have all the things you have, no matter how smart or hardworking you are. The same thing applies on a national scale. If you are born in an inner city, you simply do not have the same opportunities available to you that people in wealthy suburbs have. You would most likely attend a crappy, overcrowded school and be surrounded by crime.
I understand that oil is the best source of transportation energy, and the difficulty it would be to replace it. However, I think it could also be used more efficiently, with such things at better public transportation infrastructure in our country. Where alternative energy wouldn't be possible, I think we can find ways to utilize oil energy more efficiently.
I believe that all of THEM are guilty of demagoguery , the Democrats, the Republicans, and most government officials. The politicians love the country divided because it takes the spotlight off of their corruption and unholy alliances.
The Romans had their Games, we have our internet.
I have no problem with using oil more efficiently.
To make that happen we are going to have to undue 50-60 years of pushing people to drive everywhere.
Like somehow disabling the national interstate system.
For what it's worth, Warren Buffet has aquired Sante Fe railroad and plans on putting most of the trucked dry goods on trains.
That is a positive direction in efficient usage of oil.
Exactly. In fact, I wouldn't mind a tax hike on oil products in order to pay for building the infrastructure to develop commercial railroads connecting rural and suburban areas with metropolitan areas.
By and large it already exists.
Trucks would only be used to move goods from the train yard to the centers of commerce.
The only things we can't ship through trains are live animals and veggies/fruits.
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