OPEC is really stupid

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by MudphudCoug

Mudphud's energy plan:

Build tons of nuclear reactors. Build tons of awesome electric trains...commuter rail....light rail. Ship all nuclear waste to western China (but not Tibet).

MRD's Energy Plan

Build the largest Solar Energy Farm in the Desert surrounding phoenix and Las Vegas. Use that power to desalinate (sp?) the water from the pacific ocean (that you are pumping using this power). Change all cars/buses/ to hybrids of hydrogen (that you create using the solar power)/ compressed air.

Have series of maglev trains from California to New York using the energy from the large solar farm.

Say "F#@& You, we're done" to the Middle east.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by MudphudCoug

Mudphud's energy plan:

Build tons of nuclear reactors. Build tons of awesome electric trains...commuter rail....light rail. Ship all nuclear waste to western China (but not Tibet).

Go to France and then all you need to do is the China storage leg of the plan.

[il Padrino Ute]

iPU's energy plan:

Blow 'em all up and take everything.

[landpoke]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

iPU's energy plan:

Blow 'em all up and take everything.

This plan will also suffice.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

What are the Saudis going to do when their oil reserves dry up? They haven't diversified their economy like Dubai has. They have good reason not to use up their assets too quickly.

Dubai is going to be a model for what Middle Eastern countries should have done (but won't do because they are too insular). They are putting together a solid economy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Dubai is going to be a model for what Middle Eastern countries should have done (but won't do because they are too insular). They are putting together a solid economy.

What was the final outcome of that whole Dubai port authority contract debacle?

[SoonerCoug]

Originally Posted by creekster

Go to France and then all you need to do is the China storage leg of the plan.

But France doesn't have air conditioning yet.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

What was the final outcome of that whole Dubai port authority contract debacle?

A whole lot of nothing.

[Spaz]

Truth be told, there's lots of oil reserves left in places around the globe. Hell - here in Utah, there's a place with a rather large amount of oil embedded in the rock. The process to leach the oil from the rock is expensive - too much so to justify exploiting the resource at the oil prices of two years ago. I believe a company has begun operations to do so with the current price.


As with everything in the US, there's a cost-benefit analysis to drilling for oil. Those opposed to the off-shore & Alaskan oil field exploitation view the costs as outweighing the benefits. As the price of gasoline rises, it's likely that many of those individuals will reach a point where the benefits will outweigh the environmental costs associated with exploiting those fields.