Energy Independence and Security Act

Bwhahahahahahaha!!! How did we get so stupid???

In addition, he can also rescind E.O. 12123, which Carter installed a moratoria on the East and West Coasts from offshore drilling by US companies (of course, that hasn’t prevented foreign companies from doing so).

However, even though we already have reliable and friendly trade with Canada on oil for commercial purposes from these tar sands, the US military will be forced by the Dems to take a pass and stick with the Nigerians, Venezuelans, and Saudis.

There, fixed it for ya.

Now if they can obstruct the military from buying metal, kevlar, and gunpowder they’ll really be cookin’.

Kafir on March 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM

It sounds really cool until you discover how incredibly inefficient the process is. Contrary to popular myth two probes and an enrgizer/duracell don’t cut it. Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Kokonut on March 11, 2008 at 5:33 PM

Water vapor does not remain in the atmosphere long enough, 3-10 days, to have any impact on “global warming”. So while water is a strong infrared absorber it does not reach the region of the atmosphere where it would contribute to “global warming”. See Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics by Seinfeld and Pandis.

As for the Canadian tar-oil, would they take the thrashers, hurricanes, stars, panthers, lightning and/or predators in exchange for a few barrels?

Viscount_Bolingbroke on March 11, 2008 at 7:29 PM

Beyond the thought of it being a global commodity, I just detest the very idea that any of our petro dollars make it to the hands of those who advocate our destruction and attack our troops. For that reason alone, we should be doing all we can (new refineries, ANWR and Gulf drilling, etc.) to get away from ME and Venezuelan oil.

WTF does congress think we get our oil from? The Moon?

upinak on March 11, 2008 at 5:14 PM

Uh…actually, the libs in the Dem caucus want to pretend that if we simply don’t use oil, everything will be sweetness and light. They don’t want the stinking oil from Canada, or anywhere else.

They want to power the military with windmills and solar power. They’re morons.

Mechanically governed diesels will keep running right through an electromagnetic pulse. The electronics in a tank can be shielded without adding a lot of weight to the thing, but putting enough shielding on a truck or similar vehicle will put lots of weight just where you don’t want it, and it will be protecting the engine compartment, not the passenger space.

On the other hand, this could be a blessing in disguise. If the military, banned from using cheap oil substitutes, goes in for hydrogen powered vehicles, their quick maturation of that technology could cause it to trickle down into the general public and we’d all get off oil much faster. Then, the Chinese can have all the ME oil they want. Hmmm, I would what would have happened if bin Laden had flown planes into buildings in Beijing?

Kafir on March 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM

Kafir, nice thought, but the US Military fuel choices are dictated by our NATO alliance, to ensure interchangability of vehicles and fuel supplies. Thus are we moving away from gasoline, and are even buying diesel scout motorcycles now. Diesel/kerosene/jet fuel are fairly interchangable, and very energy dense. I love the idea of hydrogen, but the military can’t do it, and I don’t want to see our forces suffer to develop it.

We really need to develop our own resources, and work with our neighbors, which means ditching Pelosi and the other reality-deniers and simply growing up as a nation. We are making such a mess for ourselves.

Give it some thought. Is this possible?

allrsn on March 11, 2008 at 5:46 PM

Possible? It’s the plan! All this is deliberate, and you can expect the assault on us by our so-called leadership to be stepped up after the election.

First the traitors, then the enemy!

I think the Democr@ps are long over due for some rough justice.

First the traitors, then the enemy!

Same old song and dance, someone is getting rich off this farce and someone in government has a job waiting for them as a consultant for which they will not have to consult waiting for them.

will take the Mounties! I always liked a man in uniform, especially that Mounty hat they wear - wide brim, nicely pressed uniform, tall, handsome………is it getting hot in here?

txstar on March 11, 2008 at 5:58 PM

They call it the Stetson ;) The wive’s club (probably long since dead) used to be called the Stetsonettes………

eeyore on March 11, 2008 at 7:25 PM

Funny thing… Moab wouldn’t even be there if it was not for Uranium mining…

Nice restraunt there that overlooks the town… was built in the house the Geologist built after he made his millions… got a good bit of history in it… and really good food.

There exists an alternate energy source that is relatively economically available to us.  It’s a source of crude that easily dwarfs the size of the Saudi oil fields, and requires no new technology.  It’s in Canada and we don’t want …

Bakken Formation

Of course you will need some serious arm twisting to get environmental permission to drill it!

Also, it is important to realize that oil is a globally traded commodity. Increased supply in Canada will lower the price for everyone, all other things held constant. While being able to pipe it in from adjacent Canada would be more cost effective, we can still benefit by paying less for our oil from Mexico and other nearby sources as the global commodity price for oil goes down due to the increased supply.

If they can get past the hippies that live in Moab, that is prime for mining.
disco on March 11, 2008 at 5:37 PM

Problem is, you’re not going to get past those hippies, because they’re the same hippies that are on K Street from the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense, etc. To them “energy independence” means only solar and wind – and an absolute end to oil, coal, and nukes.