Foreign Oil: end our dependence; bankrupt terrorists!
For my money, OPEC has made enough off of me and the men of the "tribes with flags" in the Middle East who are strangling us based upon our Congressionally-imposed dependency on their oil also enslave their women and keep many of their people in poverty. I'm tired of supporting their arrogance; I'm tired of funding the terrorists they send to kill us. Well, a self-made man, T. Boone Pickens has a plan to move us away from dependence upon anyone's oil and especially foreign oil. Go to the link and take a look at Mr. Pickens' plan. It is simple. I'm going to mention just a few aspects of the plan here. First, we import 80% of our oil from foreign sources right now, up from 24% in the 1970s. We pay 700 billion dollars for that oil. Mr. Pickens suggests that we use our natural gas for our cars and start diverting our energy resources to wind and other sources. He has a plain, clear, simply stated plan. If you will give him less than five minutes of your time, he will explain the basics of his energy plan. It is amazing how clear and innovative his plan is and it uses what we already have in abundance. Mr. Pickens also points to two towns in Texas which have already implemented "wind" power to the energy needs of the homes and community needs. Mr. Pickens in five minutes or less sets out a plan that is concise and so clear even a student of our government high schools can understand it. Mr. Pickens says in less than 5 minutes what politicians generally could not articulate in an hour because like Obama said, he was just sorry the gas prices went up quite as fast as they did. Well, Mr. Pickens' plan would use what we already have in abundance and, by the way, he didn't even mention "drilling" for oil. Please - for yourself, for our nation's security and independence, and for our freedom take a look at Mr. Pickens' plan.
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Beach Girl,
Boone Pickens is a colorful type character with a populist appearing bent, but: Be a little skeptical on Boone's proposal. There are little voices behind it.
It's my understanding that implementation on a national scale will cost approximately 800 Billion dollars, and another 80 Billion dollars annually to sustain. That's assuming that costs stay within the range of the original estimates, and we know how often that happens. The cost to borrow those sums must be repaid.
Who would those amounts be borrowed from and what would the repayment terms be? We might ask the main shareholders for the FRB to provide those answers. Then again, there might be alternatives.
Individual efforts to install and produce energy devices, including wind turbines, might be more productive long-term and the costs would be known, with a determinable ending point.
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I replied to your query at Rich's about Michelle's thesis, but you might want another source in addition to the one I left there to balance the opinion carried at the article hosting it. Try: "Sing, o muse, the wrath of Michelle"
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JC04Aa01.html
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