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Transportation chief says oil supply ‘unlimited’
From Kristine Hadeed and Jalisa House, VCU InSight and Claire Porter / Capital News Service / January 29, 2012

In remarks that raised some eyebrows in the audience, the nation’s top transportation official said this week that there is an “unlimited supply of oil” in parts of the world.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made that statement Wednesday at Virginia Commonwealth University at the end of a town hall meeting attended by about 75 students, staff, and faculty members.

In the last question of the hour-long meeting, Vicente Gonzalez, a junior majoring in social justice at VCU, asked LaHood about a previous statement he made regarding future standards for automobile efficiency.

“I was wondering,” Gonzalez said, “you said that by 2025, the deal is to have 50 mile-per-gallon [vehicles]?”

“Fifty-four, yeah,” LaHood said.

“Well,” Gonzalez asked, “if we’re expected to exhaust all the world’s oil reserves within the next 25, 30-ish years, then why is gasoline being discussed in these negotiations at all?”

LaHood responded, “There’s an unlimited supply of oil in many countries around the world.”

Gonzalez questioned that, saying, “Unlimited?”

“Absolutely. Absolutely,” LaHood replied. “Now, some of these countries aren’t our friends, others are.” ...

SeaGypsy wrote: "Just be positive man, they will find a solution, they always do".

Is the line to end every doomer conversation.

Climate policy: Oil's tipping point has passed
James Murray and David King
Published in Nature, Volume 481, January 26, 2012

The economic pain of a flattening supply will trump the environment as a reason to curb the use of fossil fuels, say James Murray and David King.

babystrangeloop wrote:What makes Creationism so vile is that it is taught in schools. Now Cornucopianism is also being taught.

dorlomin wrote:What does this have to do with creationism in any way shape or form.

babystrangeloop wrote: I am writing about Cornucopianism.

babystrangeloop wrote:What makes Creationism so vile is that it is taught in schools.

dorlomin wrote:

babystrangeloop wrote: I am writing about Cornucopianism.

You are talking rubbish.

KMBC's Exclusive Interview With President Obama
July 20, 2011

WASHINGTON -- KMBC 9 News Anchor Lara Moritz interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday.

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Q: Lara Moritz: “One thing that also is something that is frustrating Kansans and Missourians is that almost overnight, gas prices jumped $.20 this week. They averaged $3.68. What do we do about that?”

A: President Obama: “This has been a big headwind that we’ve experienced in the economy. Because gas prices not only take money directly out of people’s pockets. But psychologically every time you pass a filling station you say boy, things are getting tough out there. And that leads to a lot of consumers cut back on their spending overall. We saw it spike high mainly because of what was happening in the Middles East, but also because global demand is increasing. It’s because of that that I helped to mobilize the international community to release some of the petroleum reserves that were out there, and that has contributed to a lessening of prices. But we’re going to see spikes periodically. But what we’re going to do is try to remain stable over the short term. Over the long term though, we’re going to have to shift our energy policy. The fact of the matter is, we use 25% of the world’s oil, and we only have 3% of the world’s reserves. We’re not going to drill our way out of the problem. We’re producing more oil in this country than we ever have. But even with all that production, we can’t fulfill all our needs. That’s why it’s so important for us to look at alternative approaches to energy. And the transportation sector. Increasing fuel efficiency standards. Making sure we’re developing gas which we have a lot of in the United States and doing it in an environmentally sound way. Making sure that electric cars end up being built here in the United States of America instead of somewhere else. Those are the kinds of things that over time are going to keep gas prices under control. If we don’t do that then gas prices will keep going up in the future. They’ll go down, but the long term trend will be upwards because you’ve got a couple billion Chinese and Indians who are now starting to buy cars and starting to use more energy. And that raises global demand for oil as a whole. So we have to start shifting how we think about energy in this country.”

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SeaGypsy wrote:You don't get it. There was nothing wrong with your thread title or the concept you have just mentioned being exclusively on about. What is stupid is the 1st lesson at toastmasters, namely "First make everyone your friend, then single out your enemy/ never push people away from your message unnecessarily". You just did the exact opposite, called in some circles a bull in a china shop or the elephant in the fruit patch in others. Anyway it's an offensive way to state an argument.

babystrangeloop wrote:

dorlomin wrote:

babystrangeloop wrote: I am writing about Cornucopianism.

You are talking rubbish.

So are you denying the existence of cornucopianism as a dogma?

dorlomin wrote:

babystrangeloop wrote:

dorlomin wrote:

babystrangeloop wrote: I am writing about Cornucopianism.

You are talking rubbish.

So are you denying the existence of cornucopianism as a dogma?

Whatever. Bye.

I am writing about cornucopianism which is a dogma as worthless as creationism.

babystrangeloop wrote:What makes Creationism so vile is that it is taught in schools. Now Cornucopianism is also being taught.....

How dare they teach such utter nonsense in a University? Can you imagine paying vast amounts of tuition money to be "educated" in such a fashion?

Transportation chief says oil supply ‘unlimited’
From Kristine Hadeed and Jalisa House, VCU InSight and Claire Porter / Capital News Service / January 29, 2012

In remarks that raised some eyebrows in the audience, the nation’s top transportation official said this week that there is an “unlimited supply of oil” in parts of the world.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made that statement Wednesday at Virginia Commonwealth University at the end of a town hall meeting attended by about 75 students, staff, and faculty members.

In the last question of the hour-long meeting, Vicente Gonzalez, a junior majoring in social justice at VCU, asked LaHood about a previous statement he made regarding future standards for automobile efficiency.

“I was wondering,” Gonzalez said, “you said that by 2025, the deal is to have 50 mile-per-gallon [vehicles]?”

“Fifty-four, yeah,” LaHood said.

“Well,” Gonzalez asked, “if we’re expected to exhaust all the world’s oil reserves within the next 25, 30-ish years, then why is gasoline being discussed in these negotiations at all?”

LaHood responded, “There’s an unlimited supply of oil in many countries around the world.”

Gonzalez questioned that, saying, “Unlimited?”

“Absolutely. Absolutely,” LaHood replied. “Now, some of these countries aren’t our friends, others are.” ...

* The economist's argument: "Demand will create supply"

* The "magic oil" argument: "Abiotic oil is a renewable resource, constantly being created."

* The technology will save us argument: "New technology [insert favorite here] will solve the energy crisis!

* We haven't explored all the Earth's surface yet. There's bound to be more oil (This is sort of a recent Faux News talking point.)

PrestonSturges wrote:... far right politics.