DonVerita
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JimNtexas said:The refinery situation is better than is being reported, that's why prices of oil and gas futures are declining.
Hopefully you are right and we will see the price recede. But will the price eventually recede all the way back to where it was prior to Katrina arriving, or will the greedy oil companies (who already receive billions in free handouts from this Bush/Cheney cartel at YOUR expense) continue to keep the prices jacked up at some higher level than they were before the hurricane hit?
We hear a lot of talk about more refining capacity. That may be the answer in the short term but what about the long term. There is only so much oil in the ground. It WILL run out. We ARE at the mercy of OPEC and other disasters.
The answer is not to drill in ANWAR for a 6 month supply that will take 8-10 years to get. The answer is in alternative clean burning unlimited supply fuels starting with Hydrogen. Sure it will take years to get over all the hurdles and develop the infrastructure. So do we roll up our sleeves and get to work on it now, or do we wait until the world is on the brink of energy collapse and then say, "Oh, we should have started this project earlier"? Get it done.
Years ago, this country made a hurculean effort to put together the best and brightest minds in to create what was called the Manhattan Project. It worked. We could do the same thing again in the development of Hydrogen energy. Unfortunately, we have an inept, short-sighted, corrupt administration whom is bought and paid for by the interests of Big Business. Regime change starts at home.