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Re: So...I distinctly remember the energy crunch back in the 70s...and all the banter back then....everyone switched from 8 dneesh New
Re:  Just as conservation started to kick in, the price of energy fell. bombpop New
Re:  AND ronnie rayguns was elected... russellfork New
Date: May 08 2008, 18:33 GMT
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efficiency was the moral equilavent of war. Reagan told them they could have anything they wanted--there was no need to conserve or sacrifice for the long term health of the nation's economy and they voted for Reagan in overwhelming numbers. Interestingly, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey (who while nominally a Democrat is not a liberal and is in fact an advisor to John McCain) is leading a campaign to work towards energy sufficiency thru conservation in the interests of national security. I'm in total agreement with Mr Woolsey: our dependency on foreign oil makes us very vulnerable and the outflow of US dollars to buy oil is going to bankrupt us. Despite the fact that it sometimes seems like nothing is manufactured in the US if it were not for our enormous oil purchases the US would have a net trade balance. Over the period of the GWB administration the value of the dollar has steadily decline making ever barrell of oil even that much more expensive and making the balance of trade even worse. |
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 The development of new energy sources is abundant, but is being hindered by our oil dripping political system TheBroncoKid New -
- oildrippingpoliticalsystem.......oh, the one where we the consumers bought just what we wanted... tomcat New
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- yup, the one who refused to increase mpg mandates, allowed bigger more powerful vehicles to be built, and so on TheBroncoKid New
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 "Allowed" bigger vehicles to be built? WTF?!? Is ANY amount of government control enough for you? <NT> rlhartman New -
- I used to be known as "eddy" in certain circles yanno, but why are you being such a drama queen today? <NT> TheBroncoKid New
 He had a "Liberal Freudian Slip",,,,,,,,,,,, he said what he believes. BusteronBuffalo New
- Disagree. Grants, subsidies, etc seem to never end once they are started (farm subsidies for example) and tend ... davegg New
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- that's because they're open ended and open ended for a reason which is because the lobbyists get to draft them TheBroncoKid New
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