bush is saying that we have to stop depending on oil, how is this possible?
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It is possible, but it will be a difficult road.  <---Get it.\n\nFirst Ethanol is a very small baby step, it won't save us.  It might burn cleaner and take slightly less oil to make, but the horrible gas mileage make you have to use more of it to get where you're going.\n\nHybrid technology is on to something.  Electricity is the way to go.  With the advancements of battery & motor technology, you will soon see electric cars and trucks out perform the internal conbution engine.  The current problem is the high voltages necesary to drive those motors make these cars potentially very dangerous for mechanics to repair.  They can also be very dangerous in an acident.\n\nSo my solution is nuclear energy.  But this scares too many people.  All you have to do is build several plants out in the desert that will provide enough electricity to power everything including: heating/cooling, transportation, manufacturing, and comercial consumption.  \n\nThis will make us more ecconimically independant (richer) so that we can develop better ways of cleaning or disposing of the nuclear waste products.  My vote is shooting it into the Sun.\n\nBush's solution really isn't one.  He has to politicise the issue to placate the American people while allowing American companies to retool, research & develop, and create a delivery system for a new power source.  The current problem isn't the alternate energy source as much as it is how do companies sell us that new source.
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I know that this is a political question, but I don't think that any human effort can solve this complex issue.  There appears to be a great deal of fear-mongering, and information appears to be skewed.  I do not trust any intelligence that the Americans have used, since it was twisted to make their ends justified.  I know how the British work, I've talked to someone who belonged in the SAS. (Secret Armed Service)  What is at stake, and the Americans, sadly, feed it with their life-style, is a great deal of oil.  I would like to say:  get rid of your dependancy on oil, but the oil companies are so used to power that they will do anything to subvert any efforts in that direction.\n\nFor true peace to happen, peace must first begin with individuals, then with families, then with communities, then finally, with countries.  \n\nI think that it's gotten out of hand and no one knows how to stop it.
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Bush wanted Iraq's oil.
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Same thing Jimmy Carter had said... He needs to increase his approval rating. By conveying he doesnt want to depend on oil and he wants to use different fuels, he's lessening his main critics about him being an oil tycoon and only in it for his exxon buddies.\n\nThe US is broke. He spoke general, and he has to keep everyone happy. Usually the thing in debate is how the plans are carried out, rather than the sweet short abstract of what needs to be done.
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A conspiracy I figured out all by myself, based upon the following facts.  We import about 15% of our oil from Hugo Chavez's Venezuela.  (About 50% of Venezuela's production is exported to the U.S.)  Chavez has been in direct communication with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad because Iran is willing to export their nuclear and missile technology to Venezuela. (Facts and figures taken from an article in the current issue of Foreign Affairs.)\n\nSo, here's the conspiracy.  The Bush Administration has encouraged the increasing of gas prices so demand will result in reduced consumption by at least 15%.  Thereafter, the U.S. can risk cutting off supplies from Venezuela without any harm to the economy.  That will give us the opportunity, if required, to destroy Iran and Venezuela without any  risk to us.
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It is already happening.  It's not a shooting war but an economic one centering on oil.  All the more reason the US needs to wake up and devlop alternate, domestically based energy sources.
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It has nothing to do with OIL it has to do with Religion. This land is my land this land is your land...like the old saying goes.. this is why the war is on. Its all about POWER and CONTROLL. Its not Bush's fault nor Iraq. This is God's war. READ THE BIBLE!!!!
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The senator is suggesting that we REDUCE our dependence on foreign oil.
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I have! Oil prices go down and gas goes up. Supplies increase the price at the pump goes up. The 2nd biggest oil deposit in the world comes under U.S. control.... You get the idea. Enough is enough. His friends have all made a buck on this insanity, let's go back to $1.00 a gallon.
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We are at war because The Bush family owns oil and until they get all the oil they want we wont be out of war.  Or at leaset until we get a new president that's not republican...
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Yes I agree in the sense that the US needs to get off its dependence of oil. Since most of the oil comes from the middle east it may not be wise to give money (or trade) with the region that probbaly has the most hostile attiude toward us.
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I'll  tell you what, when the United States' (and other countries') oil interests stop coinciding with their war targets we might all start thinking about peace and safety.\nAs soon as the oil in Iraq runs out the US will just move on to another target - Iran, it seems.\nSo in fact war doesn't really begin and end, it is a machine designed to make money for a small elite while the general public is kept blindfolded with hipocrisy and misinformation.\nIf you still think G. W. Bush is a "nice guy" I dare you, in fact, I double dare you to watch a documentary named "The Corporation" and not change your mind. You'll find it online.
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Oh...Bush will  rush where theres  oil (doesn't he love it so much that he destroyed a nation to get it..not to mention jeopardize the lives of his own countrymen)  moreover he too dumb to see that its boilin  unless Rice is there to guide... even ice cold water wouldn't help the good Ole' gas filled cowboy
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Convince the usa government that theres vast amounts of oil to be had
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oil not gasoline. according to this blogger, yes\n\nSen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is demanding that the Commerce Department release detailed reports on which companies are exporting U.S. oil, how much and where it went.\n\nLast year the nation exported 268 million barrels of oil. Shockingly, according to Dept. of Energy figures, that's about equal to the amount of oil we imported from Iraq in 2001, the year before our latest war with that country began. It's also about equal to the most optimistic guesses about production volume from ANWR, if drilling is allowed there.\n\nIn other words, if we simply held onto our own oil, the United States would have no oil interest in Iraq at all. And it would also negate any perceived need to disturb an irreplaceable wildlife refuge in the search for oil.\n\nBut the Commerce Department refused to provide the detail Wyden wants, saying it could only be released to a Congressional committee, not an individual representative. The agency also claims federal law forbids disclosure unless a finding is made that withholding the information contradicts national interests. That sounds like hogwash to me.\n\nWyden's request is of significant interest for two more reasons. First, it is likely that if oil drilling is approved in ANWR, much of that oil will be exported to Asia rather than sold in the U.S. Secondly, the more obvious reason is that every motorist and politician who can warm a chair is concerned about the nation's growing dependence on imported oil. It would seem to contradict our economic and political interests to worsen this imbalance by selling off our own supplies.\n\nIn a letter sent Monday to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Wyden demanded release of the information, calling it "directly relevant to the coming Congressional debate on how to address our nation's dependence on imports of oil and other petroleum products."\n\nI'd call that an understatement. But Wyden faces an uphill battle to get a committee to demand the numbers. Though Wyden is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, it and all other Congressional committees are controlled by Republicans. And as we've seen, Republicans these days aren't very interested in facts, especially if those facts contradict their agenda.
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The global economy is heading into a period called PEAK OIL. This means that we've reached the halfway point in terms of oil production. While there is still roughly 1 trillion barrels of oil left we will enter a period of declining returns. This means that once we reach the peak (nowish, 2010 at the longest) the world will pump out steadily less and less oil every year. This is catastrophic and will shake the foundations of our economy. We need approx 86million B of oil per day. This number gets higher and higher every year as the global economy expands, particularly with the white hot growth and demand from China and India. Pruduction will fall and demand will go up. Prices will skyrocket and there will be shortfalls as the gap widens between the oil available and demand for it. We have already seen the price of oil skyrocket from the low teens a few years back to close to 80. Its happening.\n\nWho will get the oil? The US reached their peak way back in 1970 and have steadily declined since. Now they are importing oil at increasing rates. They are aware of peak oil and need to secure sources for the future. They've done this by force. They are currently building massive military bases in the 2 best areas for oil reserves. (Approx 14 permanent massive bases in Iraq)The middle east, and Afghanistan which is on the doorstep of central asia where massive reserves are located. \n\nThis is why Iraq and Afghanistan were invaded. The US will be able to determine who gets whats left of the most valuable resource on the planet as oil reserves hit a steady decline. The rest is smoke and mirrors.\n\n-could the person that gave me a thumb down. Please post an intelligent rebuttal rather than a thumb down. I'm am shocked at how any educated person could have read what I wrote, then briefly pause in thought before clicking on 'thumb down?!?'
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Why not. Just ask Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq.Restore peace .Stop intimidating Iran automatically oil prices will go down to touch below 50. Bush is responsible of all miseries world is facing.