sure fire way to fix the gas crisis...

casmells · #1 08-31-2005, 01:10 PM

quit being so dam weak-tight and start drilling in
alaska already...

MrMon · #2 08-31-2005, 01:12 PM

But we've got to think about the caribou!

codewarrior · #3 08-31-2005, 01:15 PM

The report I heard on NPR said there's only about two years' oil (for the entire US) in Alaska.

Hiding · #4 08-31-2005, 01:26 PM

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I heard on NPR

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Did they verify it with any facts?

swede123 · #5 08-31-2005, 01:27 PM

You want real solutions? How about they come up with a way to harvest my dog's fart-gas. That's enough energy to power the known world for a few centuries.

Swede

#6 08-31-2005, 01:27 PM

I don't see what people get worked up over. There is a limited supply of oil, the prices will go higher and higher, people will use oil less and less, and eventually the price will probably plateau when people use it barely at all

This shouldn't be news to any one

codewarrior · #7 08-31-2005, 01:27 PM

They cited a source I don't remember.

sam h · #8 08-31-2005, 01:31 PM

There isn't that much oil in Alaska. The only way to fix the gas crisis in the long term is to develop alternative energy sources.

jba · #9 08-31-2005, 01:31 PM

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The report I heard on NPR said there's only about two years' oil (for the entire US) in Alaska.

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for $70/barrel they can get a lot more than that -- if i remember correctly that 2-year bit was back when oil was ~$20/barrel.

shadow29 · #10 08-31-2005, 01:40 PM

Thomas Friedman has been advocating a national gas tax for the past few years. I think that it will end the crisis rather quickly, although admittedly would slow some growth and perhaps adversely affect certain demographics more than others.

It would certainly make soccermom think twice about buying an XtremelyEnormousExcursion or whatever they have now.