Hey - you're the one that brought up the Quantum Field Theory. Talk about getting off track...
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Hey - you're the one that brought up the Quantum Field Theory. Talk about getting off track...
QFT in this context is Quoted For TruthHey - you're the one that brought it up.
QFT in this context is Quoted For Truth
Hey - you're the one that brought up the Quantum Field Theory. Talk about getting off track...
new favorite meaning
I actually thought it was for "Quit F**king Talking"...
lol45might get your wish tho, when obama serves out Carter's 2nd term... never know
not sure where I proclaimed myself as a conservative per se.Non sequitur much?
N8, my idea is anti-rationing. Raise the price and the market will control demand. As ohio pointed out elsewhere you often seem to espouse (and by espouse I mean copy and paste) anti-free market ideas, strange for a self-declared conservative.
sarcasm, my friend, sarcasm.That was called the Soviet Union (1922 to 1991)...
yeah it didn't work there either.
Communism = ultimate FAIL
So I'm going to reveal my tree-hugging alter ego here (but if anyone calls me a hippie I swear I'll...) but let's take that 50 year figure in to thought for a minute.QFT
Ever stop to think that there's TONS and TONS of raw oil out there that hasn't been drilled in to, maybe he's suggesting we tap into it. And I agree, we should.
It's been shown that at our current rate, the world's oil supply will last another 50 years or so.
That's more than enough time to develop and implement new, more effecient, technologies. Hell, the automobile was the main method of transport by the 1950's (1970's if you start when automobiles really began to be popular). By that calculation, we can change our entire country in less than fifty years.
Now, with the added motivation of higher fuel costs, people are getting cars that are more efficient and companies are devising new technologies.
How about we keep this thread on track, though, boys? National speed limit, yes or no?
Have you been west of the Mississippi lately? There still are $hitloads of uninhabited, wild places left in the US. And even more in the world...<snip>
I would like my kids and grandkids and so on to enjoy what little natural wilderness is left in the US, and the world.
I have actually. And I agree with you that there are uninhabited places. I think that gaining a couple of extra years of oil at the expense of just 1 acre of land is pretty dumb at this point.Have you been west of the Mississippi lately? There still are $hitloads of uninhabited, wild places left in the US. And even more in the world...
Not to imply we shouldn't be good stewards of the wild places we DO have, just sayin'...
So I'm going to reveal my tree-hugging alter ego here (but if anyone calls me a hippie I swear I'll...) but let's take that 50 year figure in to thought for a minute.
IF we drill all over the US and elsewhere we could pull fuel for another 50 years at the current rate (I'm assuming that incorporates demand going up?). 50 years is not a long time. At all. Sure, I'll be 80 by then if I'm still kicking around, but my daughter will only be 50, and grandkids younger than me.
So you mean to tell me that the destruction of pristine natural habitat and ecosystems is a worthwhile side effect to pull oil that will only last for another couple of years? Really? Seems like a lot of destruction for a very little product.
I would like my kids and grandkids and so on to enjoy what little natural wilderness is left in the US, and the world.
And they smell. Bad.Depends on where and how you drill.
Companies, using the right techniques (ice runways, clearing as few trees as possible) can drill in ANWR with a very small loss of trees/wildlife, and very little permanent damage. Trees grow back and animals reproduce, and given how little damage could be done, it might not even effect anything at all.
Granted, the ways people would probably go about it would be to whack down acres of forest for optimal oil derrick placement, etc...
Also, being eco-friendly doesn't make you a hippie. Hippies have music festivals and camp on college campuses to protest stuff. Hippies are useless humans. They always call for change but give no viable options... =/
I'm just defining "wilderness" or "wild places" as places with very few people. Of course there's lots of "stuff" living in those places.Just cause people don't live there, doesn't mean there isn't other stuff living there......
Damn, dude - if we gained a couple extra years for an acre we'd only need to drill 250 acres. That's NOTHING!I have actually. And I agree with you that there are uninhabited places. I think that gaining a couple of extra years of oil at the expense of just 1 acre of land is pretty dumb at this point.
My view might change if it would open up 500 years worth of oil. But that is just not the case.
A lot of those vast wild places west of the 'sip have few people because they are filled with corn fields and cow ****. Not exactly wild. flying across the country it is a bit shocking how few places have been significantly altered by people.I'm just defining "wilderness" or "wild places" as places with very few people. Of course there's lots of "stuff" living in those places.
plus a lot of those places have no water (nv, nm, az, tx, co, etc).A lot of those vast wild places west of the 'sip have few people because they are filled with corn fields and cow ****. Not exactly wild. flying across the country it is a bit shocking how few places have been significantly altered by people.
Hey - we got plenty of water, thank you very much.plus a lot of those places have no water (nv, nm, az, tx, co, etc).
Maybe your referencing the western part of Texas, but we have plenty of water.plus a lot of those places have no water (nv, nm, az, tx, co, etc).
QFTSo you mean to tell me that the destruction of pristine natural habitat and ecosystems is a worthwhile side effect to pull oil that will only last for another couple of years? Really? Seems like a lot of destruction for a very little product.
I would like my kids and grandkids and so on to enjoy what little natural wilderness is left in the US, and the world.
That's where you're wrong. Though I agree to some extent that drilling ANWR could be done in a reasonably ecologically sound fashion, without much overall environmental impact, given the sheer vastness of the place, it would certainly affect many things, no matter how people try to downplay it.Depends on where and how you drill.
Companies, using the right techniques (ice runways, clearing as few trees as possible) can drill in ANWR with a very small loss of trees/wildlife, and very little permanent damage. Trees grow back and animals reproduce, and given how little damage could be done, it might not even effect anything at all.