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I'm for offshore drilling but only if its tied to a minimum gas mileage for cars, say 50 mpg. When all new cars get 50 mpg the oil cos can drill offshore.
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0Yes!0%0No...0%0Lancer :frownno: You're a banana.0%0Long time member @ Apolyton
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Good idea. (well, maybe 35mpg would be a more realistic goal... are there even any American cars that get 50mpg?) That disqualifies it from happening though.Comment
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Offshore drilling would have no effect on gas prices for over 20 years, and even then it will be a relatively insignificant one.Comment
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Th elong term solution is for the U.S. to drop incendiaries all over China and India to massively reduce their populations (and any other country that has too much growth and prosperity). Then we can keep all the oil and the price will go down. Food prices also!
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What about things not tied to commuter use? Trucking. Military.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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Absolutely what? Absolutely put 4 cylinders in tanks and planes?Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Drill here. Drill now.
There has never been a major oil spill from an offshore platform. It is ridiculous to send our wealth to a foriegn country for a resource we have here.
While we are drilling, I am all for researching alternative fuels and conservation methods."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003Comment
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We can bomb those too.Originally posted by SlowwHand
What about things not tied to commuter use? Trucking. Military.
I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- NedComment
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With what? Gliders?Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Santa Barbara '69?Originally posted by PLATO
There has never been a major oil spill from an offshore platform. It is ridiculous to send our wealth to a foriegn country for a resource we have here.Comment
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I'd shut down cross country trucking and use trains only. Regional trucking for depots would be ok. Regarding the military I'd add alot of high tech video training and cut a little of the in the field training.Originally posted by SlowwHand
What about things not tied to commuter use? Trucking. Military.
The $4.00 a gal gas cut usage quite a bit. I'd couple usage cuts through regulation of mileage and electric cars for local use.
I'd also make car ownership a right for all workers, paid for through taxes. That would bring the jobs home.Long time member @ Apolyton
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I'd hold at 50. The Prius does better than that now. Phased in over time, 35, 40, 45, 50... Maybe 10 years.Originally posted by Aeson
Good idea. (well, maybe 35mpg would be a more realistic goal... are there even any American cars that get 50mpg?) That disqualifies it from happening though.Long time member @ Apolyton
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They would have time. I'd want them to show that they can use what we burn now alot more wisely first.Originally posted by Verto
Offshore drilling would have no effect on gas prices for over 20 years, and even then it will be a relatively insignificant one.
I'd also cap max imports, reducing every year.Long time member @ Apolyton
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