Re: Bush Says Don’t Blame Saudis For U.S. Oil Problems

artcollins — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:48:59 -0000

On Gas Pains at the Gas Pump.

Tut, Tut!: These are the same poor Senators who:

a) Do not allow oil drilling on the Alaskan North Slope
or in ANWAR (Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge)

b) Do not allow drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico,
near Florida

c) Do not allow drilling off the California coast

d) Exclude 40% of BLM (Bureau of Land Management) lands
from oil or gas exploration, while maintaining govt.
ownership of 60% of the land in the West, 99% in
Alaska

e) Do not support or oppose nuclear power

f) Gutted nuclear fusion R & D

g) Similar "geniuses" enacted California state law
forbidding nuclear plant construction in California

h) All of the above forced and cheered by the
environmentalist movement.

As a result of the above (surprise!), we are "short"
of energy & oil. I am a "dumb rocket engineer", but
even I can "forecast": $150 / barrel in 2 months,
$200 / barrel in 6 months, $300 in 2 years….

Here is another "forecast": in view of the entrenched
mutually supportive environmentalist, oil & coal
interests in this country, it will take us at least 5-20
years to "get our act together" on energy. We have
failed for the last 30. It will require "retiring" 1/2
- 2/3 of the current Congress.

This, in turn, will require that our citizens "get a
belly full" of ever higher energy & resource prices.

By the way, a viable "energy infrastructure" is the
"bedrock" foundation for manufacturing, transportation,
the economy, and high-paying jobs. All the tap
dancing with money supply, interest rates and govt.
guarrantees is just "smoke and mirrors". Even a "six
pack beer drinking rocket engineer", unlike Congressmen
or Senators, can figure that out.

So "Good luck" America. Enjoy the show!

Perhaps they should be called "the Senators from OPEC?".

Regards, Art Collins,
Retired Nuclear & Aerospace (Rocket) Engineer

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