zones until then to protect our security?
2006-09-21 03:38:27 · 7 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The smart money is beginning to realize that the "alternate fuel" for the next generation will really come from conversion of coal and biomass (wood chips, etc) into low-sulfur synthetic diesel fuel and gasoline. Check out the companies Sasol, Rentech, and Syntroleum. Low-sulfur diesel fuel will allow many more Americans to drive diesel cars. The VW Jetta TDI gets up to 50 miles per gallon.
In time, biotechnology and companies like Archer Daniels and Cargill will further develop the raw materials and processes to make ethanol a more viable option for transportaion fuel, but it can never get the higher mileage of diesel fuel.
2006-09-21 04:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The technology IS there, it has been for decades,and is being improved all the time. It just requires commitment from local, state, and federal governments,to put the infrastructure in place to make it widely available.
That won't happen until regime change occurs here. As some of your other answerers have noted, our current government is committed to the oil and gas industry, who are posting record-breaking profits, and who make huge campaign contributions to the GOP campaign war chest, as well as to individual Republican candidates.
http://www.irecusa.org/articles/static/1/1060792685_1018302063.html
Check out the report, "Using Renewables and Energy Efficiency to Build a Robust Energy Infrastructure" at the above link. It addresses both security and infrastructure concerns.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/oil/report.aspx?aid=345
Oil is essentially a non-renewable resource; once it's gone, it's gone. Drilling in other areas to try and maintain the status quo simply postpones the inevitable, and means our children and grandchildren will inherit a huge problem we should be dealing with right now.
Security, and oil--now, there's a thought. If you agree that we went into Iraq to secure our oil supply, then we are argueably far less secure now than we were before we secured it. No matter where else you might want to drill, the security threats as a result of those actions are unlikely to lessen for some time to come. Drilling in ANWR isn't going to make the really pissed-off people in the Middle East any happier with us. Also, if we were to spend even half of the amount of tax dollars on renewable energy that we have spent on the war, we'd have good plans for a renewable energy future pretty well in hand by now, and be well on our way to having the infrastructure in place.
2006-09-21 13:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by functionary01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about drilling in all of the allocated zones that is ok to drill in- if we did that the we would have enough of our own oil. which would allow us to take time to fime the best alternative energy sources to use- if we move too fast on some we may find out later when it is too late that they may have very bad adverse effects. Do you know who has been stopping us from drilling from the areas allocated for drilling- the environmentalists- are they really on the envirnoments side?
2006-09-21 11:21:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think the technology is not there to completely convert from fossil fuel burning,
I'm sorry, but you are grossly misinformed.
Stop watching Fox news.
2006-09-21 10:51:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The technology is there...just not the infrustructure...thats where the government comes in...but there is to much big oil in the pockets of the presdient.
2006-09-21 10:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Franklin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How about Brazil's energy independence? Check it out and ask again.
2006-09-21 10:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by murphy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
who says were not there?
hehehehehe... a little research should prove we are there already.
we can be completely free of ME oil in 2 years with NO problems.
except that the US big oil companies will go bankrupt.....
like THAT will happen anytime soon.
2006-09-21 10:41:10 · answer #7 · answered by seanachie60 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋