Comments on: Why Cheap Oil Won't Change Anything

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:47:47 +0000

If the U.S. had chosen to be a moral people, and leaving Iraqi oil alone, and following Al Gore, decided to develop the South Western deserts, with the technology of the times – solar/thermal-molten sodium – electricity installations, for the same amount of money as that war cost, ($650 Billion), today, we would be tapping into the largest, renewable, sustainable, energy source the world has ever known. A source of perpetual energy! It would have paid every energy bill in the U.S.A. for maintenance fees only – FOREVER! It would be equivalent to an oil field that can NEVER run dry! Low cost electric power, and storeable hydrogen gasoline replacement from the electricity, for all!
After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!
The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich Arabic saber dancing daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan)

By: Where Are Oil Prices Headed in 2009? | Eco Friendly Mag

Where Are Oil Prices Headed in 2009? | Eco Friendly Mag — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:59:35 +0000

[...] demand returns, oil prices could spike quickly if companies decide to lay off workers and cut back on new investments. That could rekindle [...]

By: Where Are Oil Prices Headed in 2009?

Where Are Oil Prices Headed in 2009? — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:08:02 +0000

[...] demand returns, oil prices could spike quickly if companies decide to lay off workers and cut back on new investments. That could rekindle [...]

By: Where Are Oil Prices Headed in 2009? « Earth2Tech

Where Are Oil Prices Headed in 2009? « Earth2Tech — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:01:15 +0000

[...] demand returns, oil prices could spike quickly if companies decide to lay off workers and cut back on new investments. That could rekindle [...]

By: Kevin Kelleher

Kevin Kelleher — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:59:29 +0000

d'oh! so much for my attempt at wit.

By: drivingsouth

drivingsouth — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:41:43 +0000

that was my point kevin ;-)

By: Kevin Kelleher

Kevin Kelleher — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:18:10 +0000

@drivingsouth. No, it ended because we found much better alternatives than stones to work with.

By: drivingsouth

drivingsouth — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:38:00 +0000

Cheap oil or lack of oil, it doesn't matter.

The stone age didn't ended because of the lack of stones.

did it?

By: bobobberson

bobobberson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:48:19 +0000

"In addition to the obvious effects on the climate..."

How is a few degrees increase in temp over the last 150 years and obvious effect? If I lived 150 years I probably wouldn't have notices. And how are all the obvious effects of climate attributed straight to cheap oil?

Please be less biased.

Plus the with the "depressed sales of hybrid and electric cars," means now is the time for eco-minded people to get in and buy them cheap before the sheep realized their mistakes!

By: Just

Just — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:54:02 +0000

as a consumer as well as from the point of view of oil producing nations, I think, US$30 a barrel should be the maximum offer as it won't bother the livelihood of all nations as well as the progress of development in term of economics but if some nations like Iraq had an high expectation from their oil sale, I think their dream might come true before the end/destruction of this world or are they driving toward the end of the world?

By: Just

Just — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:45:45 +0000

the unreasonable surging of oil price during the last few years was due to the manipulation of some organization taking advantage of the Iraq war led by US, and the war is over so it's time to restore of the oil price like before the Iraq war don't say any unrelated topic to cover the interest of those oil producing nations because greed makes them blind to see the reality of all people suffered under their inhumane decision