Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now

[khronik]

Ooh, a two-month old thread... This reminds me how back in 1999 Bush was knocking Clinton about letting oil prices reach $30 a barrel. :stoned:

When oil prices go up, everyone blames everyone else. Scapegoats abound. But the only real solution is to stop using so much freaking oil.

Wind and hydro are nice, but we're already using about 75% of our hydro capacity. Solar is expensive, but feasible. The only trouble is that all of these sources vary depending on the weather, and we need a power source that can be adjusted. So yeah, nuclear power FTW. I'm glad Obama got the nod and not John Edwards. Obama's always been pro-nuclear to the point where he's taken flak from the left. Edwards wanted to put a moratorium on nuclear plant construction though. Apparently 20+ years of accident-free operation isn't enough for him.

[rebgirl420]

Ooh, a two-month old thread... This reminds me how back in 1999 Bush was knocking Clinton about letting oil prices reach $30 a barrel. :stoned:

When oil prices go up, everyone blames everyone else. Scapegoats abound. But the only real solution is to stop using so much freaking oil.

Wind and hydro are nice, but we're already using about 75% of our hydro capacity. Solar is expensive, but feasible. The only trouble is that all of these sources vary depending on the weather, and we need a power source that can be adjusted. So yeah, nuclear power FTW. I'm glad Obama got the nod and not John Edwards. Obama's always been pro-nuclear to the point where he's taken flak from the left. Edwards wanted to put a moratorium on nuclear plant construction though. Apparently 20+ years of accident-free operation isn't enough for him.

He also wanted to put a moratorium on a succesful marriage.

[dragonrider]

You would think that when we invaded one of the largest petro producing countries that gas prices would go down, not up :wtf:

That would only be true if production actually went up, which it has not, due to chaos and sabotage. If cheap oil was the plan, it didn't pan out. Or it might be that cheap oil was never the plan --- oil companies make more money with expensive oil than with cheap oil. Just because the war was about oil does not mean it was necessarily about getting YOU cheap gas.