Does anyone believe we should not reduce our consumption of oil?

Question

I think everyone can agree that by reducing overall consumption, oil prices will fall. I speculate that if it were to happen, all of the oil will be bought from the middle east (who can produce cheaply) instead of the current %(i.e. - somewhere less than 100%). Domestic exploration and production would not be economical and millions of Americans who currently support this industry would be out of work. I am talking about a serious economic depression. So, next time you see me in my big 4x4 extended cab/bed pickup truck, thank me for supporting your way of life.

Answer 1

This is simply a disgraceful posting.

While virtually every earth scientist agree that global warming is a fact mostly caused by humans and that the consequences of continuing "YOUR WAY OF LIFE" is extremely dire .

Making fun of this subject is like joking about the Holocaust or pedophilia.

Answer 2

I do not believe we should. But for reasons of the environment instead.

We have seen what happens when an oil tanker has a spill, it is an environmental disaster.

There are billions of barrels of crude oil under the ground.

What happens if a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, or perhaps a volcano, comes up under an underground oil field, releasing all the crude, into the environment, most likely under an ocean, or even igniting it. It would be an environmental disaster a thousand times greater than any tanker oil spill.

Therefore, I say, pump it out and use it up. We can find other ways to reduce the Carbon dioxide in the air.

Just my liberal environmentalist viewpoint. Excuse me while I go hug a tree.

Answer 3

Oil is a staple of life and we are already using to much of it. I mean look at the tar sands (one of the more expensive places that oil is extracted, costs only $15 a barrel. Oil will never return to the low price of $9 a barrel again and we should be doing all we can to wean ourselves off of this declining resource. Also the United States gets very little of its oil from the middle east. Most of our foreign imports come from Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Nigeria, etc. The price of this fuel is also harming basic industries such as farming and limiting the working poor who cannot absorb large changes in the cost of living..

Answer 4

I think you have a good point. We need gas guzzling trucks to do big jobs. I wish I could afford a vehicle for every mood but I have one vehicle to drive and it works for me. It is time to develop some other way to move things but right now we do not have the vehicles at a reasonable cost to the consumer. The annalist are saying we need the high prices of gas to get people interested in handling the issues alternative technology. I say keep the gas cheap and stimulate the economy for the time gas is gone not another drop. Until then we have a job to do. Stop bitching about my ride

Answer 5

Yes, we should continue doing damage our environment because some people could be out of jobs. @_@

Here's a better idea: As we scale down our oil comsumption, we transition people in the oil industry to the alternative fuel industry, kind of like we did with logging once upon a time. It can be done with a little education.

Answer 6

The supply isn't infinite; we WILL run out.

It fouls the air and the water; it's economically and politically insane.

We need to move away from petrol.

No question.

Do you really want all of your great-grandchildren to develop asthma before they're 5?

That's where we're headed -- not to mention all the other horrific consequences.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

oil is not cheap, even from middle east because we pay its price from the blood of our soldiers in Iraq an gulf.

Answer 9

Yes. Exxon-Mobil, Shell, ARCO, Hallibuton, Dubya and Dick Cheney.