The Barbarian
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More opinion with no facts to back it up. Have you given up on "Drill baby Drill" being the answer to our energy problems? :sun
Seems you keep using and using the same old tired argument, of reaching peak oil in 1971, while that might or might not be true in the US, it certainly isn't accepted as fact world wide .. even the IEA has come out and said that conventional crude oil peaked in 2006
you also have to remember that peak oil is defined on existing oil fields and the amount of oil being pumped from them, whenever a new oil reserve is found and tapped, that changes the peak oil numbers
Now, in 2008 and 2009 oil production was up in the US Why?
Projections from the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) indicate that the primary driver for this year's U.S. oil production resurgence is actually just getting started. That driver is the Gulf of Mexico, where operators have begun launching a group of new fields, fulfilling what has been a decade-long focus on unlocking the promise of deepwater exploration there .
Of course this had to stop, and Obama falsified reports to make sure he could put his ban on gulf coast drilling
Seems you keep using and using the same old tired argument, of reaching peak oil in 1971, while that might or might not be true in the US, it certainly isn't accepted as fact world wide .. even the IEA has come out and said that conventional crude oil peaked in 2006
you also have to remember that peak oil is defined on existing oil fields and the amount of oil being pumped from them, whenever a new oil reserve is found and tapped, that changes the peak oil numbers
Now, in 2008 and 2009 oil production was up in the US Why?
Projections from the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) indicate that the primary driver for this year's U.S. oil production resurgence is actually just getting started. That driver is the Gulf of Mexico, where operators have begun launching a group of new fields, fulfilling what has been a decade-long focus on unlocking the promise of deepwater exploration there .
Of course this had to stop, and Obama falsified reports to make sure he could put his ban on gulf coast drilling
How did Obama falsify reports?
Catawba;1059333010]It is fact. We have never produced more than we did in 1970 in the US. The US military warned last year that we are approaching world peak oil as well, and that it could be as soon as 2015. Cheney and the oil companies also warned us back in 2002 in their report Energy Challenges for the 21st Century. Even president Bush spoke of our addiction to oil.
But did we produce more than we consume?
Well you be sure and let us know if we produce more oil than we consume. So far, it hasn't even made a blip in the price at the pump.
The drilling stopped because of the sloppy work by BP that resulted in the worst oil spill in history. Just because the country neglected to address our energy problems for half a century does not mean that we now have to sacrifice our environment to try to feed our voracious addiction to a declining fossil fuel.
The White House rewrote crucial sections of an Interior Department report to suggest an independent group of scientists and engineers supported a six-month ban on offshore oil drilling, the Interior inspector general says in a new report.
The White House edit of the original DOI draft executive summary led to the implication that the moratorium recommendation had been peer-reviewed by the experts,”
Black said he didn’t have any issues with the White House edit; he and his staffer both told the IG it never occurred to them that an objective reader would conclude that peer reviewers had supported the six-month moratorium.
Nevertheless,*Interior apologized*to the peer reviewers in early June after some of them complained they were used to support the controversial ban.
Interior inspector general: White House skewed drilling-ban report - Dan Berman - POLITICO.com
Now I know this is not a good site to be pulling from, but I'm just to damn tired to otherwise .
More opinion with no facts to back it up.
Your right ... we haven't .. I wasn't agruing that point, what I was saying was that we were making gains in our production, in both 2008 and 2009 .. is that a bad thing or a good thing??
Gains in production but not more than the increase in our consumption. Its good if we use that production to lower our costs in building renewable energy alternatives. Not so good, if we continue to think there is always going to be cheap oil so there is no need to conserve or transition away from fossil fuels. And, not so good if we continue to burn it so wastefully, or spill it so recklessly that we create other problems for ourselves or future generations.
nope, but does that mean we shouldn't be trying?
As long as we are simultaneously taking the proper conservation and environmentally sound practices at the same time I would agree.
.agrees 50%, it also was the worst oil spill in our history, because regulators did not do their jobs... read up on how many violations had been issued to that rig, and how many inspections by government regulators we missed. That rig should have been shut down with the violations it had, and I still can't understand why inspections seemed to stop for nearly 6 months prior to the accident. thats why I say we don't need new regulations we need to enforce .. enforce .. and enforce some more those that we have
And I will agree that Obama did not change the shoddy regulatory process leftover from the last administration fast enough. But it surely would not have made since given the sloppy permitting of those deepwater rigs to let them continue until it could be determined it would be safe.
As for getting off the need for so much oil, you and I have had this discussion before .. and we agree that we need to .. we just don't agree on what we should do until we begin to wean ourselves from oil.
There is not enough time anyway to save us from what is going to be a very bumpy ride. The longer we wait to conserve and transition to other forms of energy the more painful it will be.
From your own article, you missed this part, "“There was no intent to mislead the public,” Barkoff said in a statement to POLITICO. “The decision to impose a temporary moratorium on deepwater drilling was made by the secretary, following consultation with colleagues including the White House.”
And this part, "“As the report makes clear, the misunderstanding with the reviewers was resolved with the June 3rd letter and a subsequent conference call with the experts we consulted,” Barkoff said."
Read more: Interior inspector general: White House skewed drilling-ban report - Dan Berman - POLITICO.comJ2
Here we go on our way to another manufactured crisis from Obama, and the radical leftist in this country.
I hope we last two more years.
j-mac
Yes, of course it was my discussion of peak oil before you interjected yourself with your attempt to change the subject.
Yes, I do and I have even placed bold emphasis so you can see it too.
Now why should I be apologizing to you?
and replaced him with Ronald Reagan who out of sheer spite dismantled the one right thing that Carter did, implement an energy policy. Every republican president since has said we need an energy policy, but that appears to be empty rhetoric on their part.
don't let your blind hatred of all things "liberal" make you unable to see the wisdom in having an energy policy....
there is nothing liberal about having an energy policy, it is just good common, yea verily even good conservative thinking.
Whaaa?
How the F' did Obama have anything to do with speculation driving the price up? Especially considering Libya's oil ONLY goes to Europe & Saudi Arabia said they'd increase to compensate for any loss.
Do you guys know anything about the basics of the oil cartel game? Er the commodities black market sub game? Thought you all where fiscally 'saavy'.
I'd think after the war of Choice called Operation Iraqi Liberation you'd have a Freakin' clue.
Ahhh yes, the "engineer" with no engineering degree. Let's see what his wonderful "energy policy" accomplished:
He lowered the speed limit to 55 mph. Now there's a great accomplishment. He managed to piss off millions of drivers.
He installed a solar system on the white house as a symbolic gesture. Dems are big on symbols and light on action.
He proposed an energy policy to Congress that emphasized the increased use of coal. The Democratic controlled Senate shot him down.
He tried to force striking coal miners to accept a contract they didn't want. They refused resulting in thousands of businesses and schools being forced to close due to lack of electricity.
And finally, his coup-de-grace.... he totally bungled relations with Iran, resulting in greatly increased oil prices.
Yep, where would we be without ole Jimmy.
Here we go on our way to another manufactured crisis from Obama, and the radical leftist in this country.
I hope we last two more years.
j-mac
He has a bachelors of science from the Naval Academy..in physics. So I guess you are right, his degree is not actually an engineering degree. It is better....
He completed the Navy Nuclear power school program, a year long school. To get a job as a reactor operator at a civilian power plant, you must have a degree in engineering or science, OR have completed Navy Nuclear Power School. So enlisted ranks like me have the equivalent education as an engineer when it comes to doing that job.
This thread isn't about his failed foreign policies, why do you bring that up? If you weren't so blindly addicted to the conservative flavor koolaid, you wouldn't be dissing Jimmy. Or are you getting burned about some of us saying that Reagan shouldn't have spit on the only energy policy we ever had?
Oh yes, it was wonderful.....21% interest rates on new cars, and homes. Artificial shortages of gas. Only being able to fuel up on odd or even days. Being told if you're cold put on a sweater.....What a genius.
j-mac
He has a bachelors of science from the Naval Academy..in physics. So I guess you are right, his degree is not actually an engineering degree. It is better....
He completed the Navy Nuclear power school program, a year long school. To get a job as a reactor operator at a civilian power plant, you must have a degree in engineering or science, OR have completed Navy Nuclear Power School. So enlisted ranks like me have the equivalent education as an engineer when it comes to doing that job.
This thread isn't about his failed foreign policies, why do you bring that up? If you weren't so blindly addicted to the conservative flavor koolaid, you wouldn't be dissing Jimmy. Or are you getting burned about some of us saying that Reagan shouldn't have spit on the only energy policy we ever had?
BTW, what degree do you have? from where? Or is that classified still?
I know 2 guys working as civil engineers, one has his PE license. One has a degree in accounting, the other in something else that I don't remember, but it isn't engineering.
Maybe that PE exam isn't so hard?
Glad you finally admit he wasn't an engineer. I would call him a peanut farmer since that's what he did most of his life before going on the public dole.
This thread is about the price of oil. Carter's failed foriegn policies laid the groundwork and enabled OPEC to become as powerful as it is today.
Do you mean the energy policy that his own party refused to implement ???
If your buddy has a degree in accounting, he can't take the PE exam and can't be a civil engineer. You can't claim to be a civil engineer unless you have passed the PE exam and are registered by the state.
I have a degree in engineering, but that is all you will get from me. I only disclose limited personal information here.
You can't even say what your major was? What are you really? An engineer by day and super hero by night? :2razz:
Google PE, wikipedia says in some states you can bypass step 1...the engineering degree.
Yes, the thread is about oil.
The fact that only one president ever tried to implement an energy policy is more related to this thread than your opinion of his "failed" presidency.
Oh yes, it was wonderful.....21% interest rates on new cars, and homes. Artificial shortages of gas. Only being able to fuel up on odd or even days. Being told if you're cold put on a sweater.....What a genius.
j-mac
s.Carters
Proposed Energy Policy
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That is the concept of the energy policy we will present on Wednesday. Our national energy plan is based on ten fundamental principles.
The first principle is that we can have an effective and comprehensive energy policy only if the government takes responsibility for it and if the people understand the seriousness of the challenge and are willing to make sacrifices.
The second principle is that healthy economic growth must continue. Only by saving energy can we maintain our standard of living and keep our people at work. An effective conservation program will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
The third principle is that we must protect the environment. Our energy problems have the same cause as our environmental problems -- wasteful use of resources. Conservation helps us solve both at once.
The fourth principle is that we must reduce our vulnerability to potentially devastating embargoes. We can protect ourselves from uncertain supplies by reducing our demand for oil, making the most of our abundant resources such as coal, and developing a strategic petroleum reserve.
The fifth principle is that we must be fair. Our solutions must ask equal sacrifices from every region, every class of people, every interest group. Industry will have to do its part to conserve, just as the consumers will. The energy producers deserve fair treatment, but we will not let the oil companies profiteer.
The sixth principle, and the cornerstone of our policy, is to reduce the demand through conservation. Our emphasis on conservation is a clear difference between this plan and others which merely encouraged crash production efforts. Conservation is the quickest, cheapest, most practical source of energy. Conservation is the only way we can buy a barrel of oil for a few dollars. It costs about $13 to waste it.
The seventh principle is that prices should generally reflect the true replacement costs of energy. We are only cheating ourselves if we make energy artificially cheap and use more than we can really afford.
The eighth principle is that government policies must be predictable and certain. Both consumers and producers need policies they can count on so they can plan ahead. This is one reason I am working with the Congress to create a new Department of Energy, to replace more than 50 different agencies that now have some control over energy.
The ninth principle is that we must conserve the fuels that are scarcest and make the most of those that are more plentiful. We can't continue to use oil and gas for 75 percent of our consumption when they make up seven percent of our domestic reserves. We need to shift to plentiful coal while taking care to protect the environment, and to apply stricter safety standards to nuclear energy.
The tenth principle is that we must start now to develop the new, unconventional sources of energy we will rely on in the next century.
These ten principles have guided the development of the policy I would describe to you and the Congress on Wednesday.
Our energy plan will also include a number of specific goals, to measure our progress toward a stable energy system.
These are the goals we set for 1985:
-Reduce the annual growth rate in our energy demand to less than two percent.
-Reduce gasoline consumption by ten percent below its current level.
-Cut in half the portion of United States oil which is imported, from a potential level of 16 million barrels to six million barrels a day.
-Establish a strategic petroleum reserve of one billion barrels, more than six months' supply.
-Increase our coal production by about two thirds to more than 1 billion tons a year.
-Insulate 90 percent of American homes and all new buildings.
-Use solar energy in more than two and one-half million house
Yes, a couple of states still allow one to take the PE exam with 25 years of experience, but the number of states allowing this is getting less and less. Furthermore, other states don't recognize their license, so it is virtually worthless.
No, at night I am a husband, father, and grandfather. That's why you will almost never see me post here on nights and weekends.
Interest rates have what to do with an energy policy?
I don't even have an engineering degree, but I pay far less in energy bills than most, and most includes a lot of engineers.
I don't wear sweaters, but do sometimes put on an extra layer of clothing.
Conservation of existing energy sources should be a major part of any energy policy. Or do you like wasting energy and money?
Google Carter energy policy, lots of great organizations praise him for the effort. But I suppose you have the skills to do better? If so, tell us your energy plan...
Not to mention, no record deficits, no housing collapse, no uneccesary wars, no worst attack on US soil in history, no bank bailouts, no record number of foreclosures and bankruptcies, no record unemployment, no loss of millions of jobs overseas, no massive consumer debt and no trade deficit.
Only a total moron could blame a president for interest rates. The FED sets interest rates. Hello?
As for high gas prices and shortages, they began during the first arab oil embargo under Nixon and so did runaway inflation.
It's funny how fools clamn Carter was such a horrible president by constantly pointing out his high interest rates and gas prices, two things a president has no control over.
Not to mention, no record deficits, no housing collapse, no uneccesary wars, no worst attack on US soil in history, no bank bailouts, no record number of foreclosures and bankruptcies, no record unemployment, no loss of millions of jobs overseas, no massive consumer debt and no trade deficit.
Only a total moron could blame a president for interest rates. The FED sets interest rates. Hello?
As for high gas prices and shortages, they began during the first arab oil embargo under Nixon and so did runaway inflation.
It's funny how fools clamn Carter was such a horrible president by constantly pointing out his high interest rates and gas prices, two things a president has no control over.
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