Do neo-conservatives really believe that our dependence on foreign oil is because of 'liberals"?

Question

I mean, honestly now,

you think that Bush I is going on all his diplomatic trips to Saudi Arabia because the darn liberals won't allow drilling in the US?

What about renewable energy? What is it you don't get about oil companies vested interests?

Answer 1

Neo-cons should be called anti-cons.

Conservatives originally were for moving slowly and carefully, preserving and conserving, minimizing NEED for laws and regulations. But now that they are into abusing everything, so e need laws about ethics. A neocon looks for a loophole with no laws controlling it, and thinks about ways to exploit it for personal gain or of his supporters. A "liberal" sees a loophole, and is concerned about how someone will exploit it to the detriment of the country, the environment, and society.

The anti-cons want no regulation and no oversight, and be able to what they want regardless of impact to anyone or anything. Its more like government by pirates.

Renewable energy will be popular when wealthy republicans can control it, and not have it affect their other big investments. Its about money, not energy.

Answer 2

renewable energy is a joke.

here is one simple fact for you. For the world to produce enough energy equalizing what we get from fossil fuels, we would have to cover all of asia, africa, europe, and australia with solar panels.....or have a windmill every 25 feet on the globe, or have 75,000 Hoover Damns. Renewable energy is nothing more than a transition technology, as is nuke energy. We need real invention, like fusion or matter-anti matter conversion to keep energy costs and supply equitable for the world population to consume.

The USA has an abundance of crude oil sitting in casks. What we lack is the ability to refine the crude we have stiing on concrete fields. We lack the ability because libs will not allow us to build new refineries.

Bush, like Clinton, and every other president, goes to the mid-east to get the oil because they have to. If we had more domestic drilling, we would have less trips to the mideast, and hence, more independence.

Did you know that in ww2, when the Nazi's attacked Stalin and the USSR, they lost their oil supply. So, the Nazi's, being great engineers, invented a process to convert coal into diesel fule that burned hotter and cleaner than standard diesel.

Using the same process, and the US coal reserve (largest in the world), we could convert all coal into diesel, convert all cars to diesel, and have engines that run longer, use less gas, and burn cleaner, for $48 a barrell. But why can we not do this you ask?????? Because of stupid liberal EPA regulations.

The governmenet s the problem to cheap oil and cheap fuel and cheap energy. Eliminate the government oversight, and prices drop. Embrace the free market.

Answer 3

It's not the oil companies per se.

Watch This.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCyCYz_aHY&mode=related&search=
Also watch 5 and 6 of 8.
Pay close attention in 4 of 8 at about 3:13. You'll see it.
Modern liberal and Neo- conservatives both are nothing more than socialists. We need to end this trend. and i fully agree with you on renewable energy resources but we mus first kill our social energy production system. That or severely llimit it's applications to industrial,commerical, and major municipality applications only. Trust me there is a much better, safer, and a he11 of alot more effective and efficient way.
But what do i know, im just one of the few true conservatives obviously left on the planet. Plus i maintain a vision
.Could explain alot of why my finances were attacked since that is the weakest part of everybody's incorporated selves. If they can't beat you by open and fair competition, They beat you by attacking your personal corporate status. i have evidence to back all of this up.;)
QUIT THINKING SOCIAL ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. Whether renewable or not. Think independence. And yes the technology is there. They just don't want you to know it.

Answer 4

What else are we to conclude when they oppose nuclear energy, new drilling, and new refineries? These new generation of nuclear reactors that france has are more efficient, produce less waste, and safer. This is an exciting solution that gets overlooked because of prejudice against anything with the world "nuclear" in it by a group of anti-war environment-first leftists.

Renewable energies would be great but keep in mind that they only supply less than 5% of our nations energy because they ARENT COST EFFECTIVE. We need real solutions for real problems and most of us cant afford a 2 million dollar house that sustains itself on solar power.

As technology gets more advanced, so will our energy diversity but there is nothing that can be done about that right now except by funding the research that we already do and getting out the way of private sector to let them do what they have always done, make this country great.

The problem is that nothing kills research and development more than budget constraints that result from high taxes, another brilliant solution from the left that does nothing but kills business hiring and reinvestment.

Our foreign oil dependence will continue as long as we arent willing to aggressively go after conventional domestic solutions.

Answer 5

Dear Clair: I love your question and your style. However, I want to warn you that the Conservatives don't like it when anyone talks back or has the nerve to question the wonders of the inner workings of the Conservative mind and their missing hearts. Conservatives also don't like woman talking back to them, so be ready for the onset of nasty Neo-Con bites and claw marks all over everything and anything you might say or suggest.
But remember that there is a large and growing contingency of proud and angry liberals ready to bushwhack any group of Neo-Cons that try and muddy the waters of your well said remarks. Hang in there and post some more of your uniquely clear, pungent and clarion voice!
What about that renewable energy, don't you like
Neo-Cons or is that Mr. and Mrs. Oil Company Directors?

Answer 6

If you would take off the Rose Colored glasses and look at all the Presidents since LBJ, they ALL have wined and dined the Saudis because they:

1. Control lots of oil

2. Most democratic country in the Middle East besides Israel.

Do I blame Liberals for the oil??? Yes and no. Yes because the ultra liberal environmentalist wont let oil be drilled off California and Florida as well as Alaska Wildlife management areas.

Each barrel of oil would be one less we would import, each barrel would be tax dollars for those states and above all, if you look at the track record of oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico, there has not been the environmental disaster predicted since the 60's. I travel off shore to fish and some of the best Tuna and Marlin fishing is in and near off shore oil platforms.

I blame the people working and paying taxes for not calling and voicing their opinions to the elected officials on what they want. I also blame them for not taking the time to go and vote their hearts and sitting around and depending on others to vote.

Answer 7

I don't believe that. However, I believe that as a country, we've not spent enough time researching and looking for alternatives.

We're a society of waste. How many times have we been warned that this would eventually happen, and have taken no actions?

I have old gas guzzling truck that stays parked because it wastes fuel and I'm trying to conserve. In fact, I conserve in as many ways possible and although far from wealthy, I can afford today's gas prices.

How many others are doing their fair share and conserving? Are you now doing it because the prices have sky-rocketed and you are now forced into it or are you doing it because it's common sense and the right thing to do?

Answer 8

Well, I'm not a neo-con, but BOTH parties are to blame for our dependence on foreign oil. I recently watched a very good documentary about the Alaskan pipeline, and more than THIRTY YEARS AGO they were bleating about ending our dependence on foreign oil.

Why do the Democrats in the lower 48 refuse to listen to the Alaskan people, who overwhelmingly support opening ANWR? If you don't support drilling in ANWR, you should be willing to give up 99% of *your* state for parks, etc - between the state and fed lands and the Native corporation holdings, less than ONE PERCENT of all the land in Alaska is open to development.

No, ANWR won't solve our problems, but it *could* buy us about 10 years to develop alternatives. But don't fool yourself - the politicians are *not* going to make the changes unless and until the PUBLIC pulls it's head out and DEMANDS change.

Of course, we *still* have to get rid of the "not in *my* backyard" mentality - someone tried to put in a wind farm on the east coast recently, and the locals had a fit. We can't have it both ways...

Answer 9

In today's era of politicized news it is easy to believe what you are spoonfed without critically thinking about it. When I was in Guatemala I was in the middle of nowhere and found Guatemala's only oil well. There was a big Halliburton sign hanging off the entry. I honestly thought I was hallucinating, but a subsequent trip down that road proved otherwise. Now who owns Halliburton and what political affiliations do they have?

Answer 10

There will never be a serious look into renewable energy sources until the worlds oil supply is depleted.