LMAO...so when the government gives Newts friends at Big Oil the go ahead to drill more they are then going to be so happy with the American people they will sell us oil cheaper than the market rate ? You people are freekn retarded if you thing that is going to happen.
@metrozebra It'll be cheaper soley by it's availability closer to the US - lower shipping costs etc. Soley by this, the profit can be equal, possibly even higher, with a lower cost to consumers for oil. Plus, with a lower cost - not being in OPEC - a cartel which guarantees higher prices, it will have significantly higher demand. Looking at a business perspective its good on all fronts - except not necessarily environmentally.
corporate dupes. This is nothing but a campaign to grant oil companies leases to otherwise unobtainable lands and ocean tracts. These mindless fucking idiots are bought and paid for like the corporate whores they are. Drilling will do nothing except destroy the planet. Where are the CONSERVatives when we need them?
OK, you drill now geniuses. It's hard to believe that you are actually marketing this short-sighted energy solution. While the Europeans and Chinese are leading the world in alternative energy investment, the only thing that 'good old American ingenuity' can offer up is: Drill here, drill now, pay less??? OMG, that is absolutely pathetic!!
The YouTube poster "KarrensMan69" is a mutiple-sockpuppet peddling YouTube fraud.
He also goes by the pseudonym "aluminumhelmet"
Are all con-servatives insecure dorks perpetrating the fraud, or just the ones that run to be on TV?
Was it REALLY necessary for the bimbo to recline on top of those boxes in order to blab about boring shit? She's showing plenty of leg to boot, too, eh?
Yeah, someone's been studying the FOX "News" floozies, I gather.
So how do we plow out feilds for bread, veggies and fruit? How will our trucks and trains transport goods from one place to another? how would drive or fly from one place in the country to another? how would you be able to use your AC or heater? How you be able to post a stupid comment like that without oil producing the energy needed to give your computer power? Renewables have 1/10000 the capacity to replace oil atm.
How did we plow the feilds before big oil?How did we travel and comute our goods before big oil?What did we do before the world of AC and heat? Sorry to disagree with you but maybe you are too bent on consumption to realize the impact you have on earth. OnePeace
We modernized into it. Do you want to turn off the switch on all of it, you really think we can feed the 6 billion plus with manual labor. Before we had the tractor a much, much larger part of our land was devoted to farm land. Now its a very small fraction, millions would starve to death by repressing the efficiency back 150 years...MILLIONS..Would you want to import all of our food and become dependent on food instead of oil, what would happen if there was a severe drought...again MILLIONS
Do you think people who live in arizona, new mexico and other areas unsuitable for large crop production could transport food by horses before it would rot? Why don't you lead the way, sell your car or bus ticket, turn off your fuse box to your electricity, don't buy ANYTHING that is transported by fossil fuel. Now imagine 6 billion others doing it, can you smell the stench of mass death already?
I see your fears,a terrible reality that is destined to happen,I dont fear what I cant control rather prepare for it.I have the skills for survival and can be self suffencient so the thought of the grid falling is of no or little consequence. I welcome the mass death if it means a new begining of clean energy and living. Peace
Or maybe, instead of drilling for more oil and therefore using up a finite non-renewable resource faster, we could invest in other technologies such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, etc. to gradually ease our oil dependence so that when oil does run out we won't have a catastrophe.
In protest of petro-chemical I walk everywhere, use compost to fertilize my garden (where I get most of my food), and never buy gas. I beg 350,000 to join me.
Dumbasses...when did the party of ideas become the party of stupid??
What about the Experts at the Dept of Energy who say that it would take years before offshore drilling would yield any oil at all, and that even then the effect on prices at the pump would be insignificant?
Yeah 10 years to find oil, build a rig and extract it. But what you didn't read is a huge number of facilities are in place right now ready to drill but can't because its illegal. Those facilities could extract oil in 6 months if allowed.....and if they were allowed tomorrow oil speculation would drive the price down overnight..not some right wing theory, just wallstreet economics. LOL insignificant, OPEC sneezes and the price sky rockets....LMAO
Offshore and North Shore drilling will take 8 years at least to bring only 10% of America's oil needs online! It will only benefit oil companies and their investors, not Americans as a whole.
#1 No matter how fast wells are drilled they'd never keep pace with demand of the rising population.
#2 If more oil were the solution to lower prices then how about we use the oil we're now selling to China? Do you honestly think prices here would go down? Not!
#3 WHAT'S IMPORTANT: If the major oil countries decide to sell using the euro instead of the dollar it won't matter how many wells are drilled.Perhaps a more pressing issue to campaign for is building America's respect around the world.
According to US department of Interior we have total of 115 billion barrels of oil off our coasts ( Gulf, Atlantic, Pacific ) and Alaska. More than Russia, Venezuela, Kuwait, and same as Iraq. We've lots of oil all over America for decades. I will oppose drilling and supporting Pelosi because when you drill in ocean floors, the seabeds may collapse and Islands may sink in the oceans. Don't like high gas prices ? Buy a horse !
Can Someone Please explain to me WHY the oil companies would drill more and lower the price of oil? What's their incentive to "drill baby drill"? Their profits are the highest ever now, why would they lower them?
And even if they did, Why would they sell the oil just to us? it's a world market to the highest bidder, we can't stop importing oil unless we MAKE domestic producers only sell to us, but that's not FREE MARKET.
they need COMPETITION from ALTERNATIVE FUELS and RENEWABLE ENERGY
ANWR contains an estimated 10 billion barrels of oil. Ooooh! Lots eh? And at $100 a barrel that is 1 trillion dollars. Oooooh! Lots eh? But the US use 25 million barrels a day. That is a billion barrels every 40 days. With increasing consumption, the entire ANWR deposit wlll barely last a year. It is a drop in the bucket, not a long term solution. Same applies to all the offshore oil reserves. The only answer is in conservation and innovation. What a bunch of fools in this video.
What a bunch of lying crap. Fact is, the oil companies already have 85,000 oil leases that they can't be bothered to drill. Opening up everything to drilling now will bring down the price by 5 cents a gallon 10 years from now. Fact. The oil companies themselves say so. Of course there are stll trilions of dollars to be made selling oil for 200, 500, 1000 a barrel 10 - 20 years from now but this is not going to make any difference to joe average. What a bunch of fools.
Not like those fucking Europeans who let gas prices get as high as 10$/g. Its like they dont even care about the price of gas. They keep do the same shit year after years, excluding OIL from their energy needs.
WE need to do things differently in the US and McCain knows the answer.
Cooling? Well that explains record numbers of icebergs floating near Newfoundland. Wait, no it doesn't.
The Earth us in a period of extreme conditions. Summers will be hotter, winters will be colder. The gulf stream has been warmed, screwing up the air that flows naturally from continent to continent.
The liberals here are typical of all liberals. Dispute and deny logic. Assume that failed policies of the past must never be removed. Argue that they "know better" and you have no evidence to support your claims.
The price of oil is dependent on three primary things: a) Cost to get it out of the ground b) Demand c) Availability
In comments Tuesday at the Motor Press Guild in Los Angeles,Chrysler Vice Chairman and President Jim Press said the vehicles are being developed by Chrysler's Envi unit, which the automaker created last year to create electric vehicles."We are excited about the Envi organization, and we continue to work toward electric vehicles, Deneau said in an interview Wednesday.
Press said the vehicles can reach 60 mph(100 kph)in less than four seconds and have a range of at least 300 miles(480 kilometers)
A feasibility review of Carnegie Corporation's planned construction of a wave energy farm off the Albany coast has indicated there would be no "fatal flaws" in regards to environmental considerations, the company has announced.
The firm's Preliminary Albany Project Environmental Scoping report studied Carnegie's 30,000 hectare licence area of sea floor and an adjacent onshore area.
The company plans to construct a CETO wave energy system, which consists of an array of submerged buoys which move with passing waves to drive pumps which pressurise seawater.
That water, delivered on shore via a pipeline, is then used to drive a turbine generator to produce electricity.
WASHINGTON - Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.The investigations reveal a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" by a small group of individuals "wholly lacking in acceptance of or adherence to government ethical standards," wrote Inspector General Earl E. Devaney.
The United States sits atop just 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, but burns one quarter of global production. Sixty percent of what it uses daily is imported.
Drill here, drill now and watch NOTHING HAPPEN (Except for maybe a dead bird or two after inevitable spills, but who cares about birds right?)
The United States sits atop just 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, but burns one quarter of global production. Sixty percent of what it uses daily is imported.
TORONTO - A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.
Derek Mueller, an Arctic ice shelf specialist at Trent University in Ontario, told The Associated Press that the 4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated in early August and the 19-square-mile shelf is now adrift in the Arctic Ocean.
Wind power is the fastest-growing energy source in the world. Siemens is rapidly expanding its manufacturing capacities in this exciting new business with powerful offshore wind parks, growing much faster than the market. With more than 6,300 wind turbines around the world, Siemens helps to save up to 10 million tons of CO2 emissions per year. As the market leader in offshore wind energy, Siemens offers the largest serially produced offshore wind turbines,
ATTENTION: Apparently chevron oil (corrupt American oil company) bought the rights to NiMH battery technology so they could prevent auto manufacturers from using it to build more efficient hybrid vehicles and force us to keep buying gasoline. The name of the company that produced the NiMH batteries used to be Ovionic Battery Systems, but Chevron and Texaco bought the company and changed the name to Cobasys and made it impossible for auto manufacturers to buy the batteries. Search it for yourself
106,but whos counting anyway. im just glad your reading all the posts. most of the ppl dont read any more than a couple of posts,then make some wild comment. that not only had already been answered but they are compleatly out of touch when they say(and its ebven said on this page)"i dont have the time to read all 20 pages.....but im gonna make a comment anyway. lol what a joke, how can you be in the discusion if you dont read the material.
Actually I didn't read them all. I don't agree with some of what you say, especially all this global warming histeria, so I stopped reading them. No, I don't feel like arguing about it.
well there you have it, like i said nobody wants to do the homework and find out the real awnswers. ppl read two posts and then voice uninformed opinions. really folks do the homework , know what the hell your debating for gods sake.
That's a bunch of crap. I have researched it. Just because I haven't read all the crap you posted means I don't know anything about the climate change hysteria? Tell me why they say "the debate is over?" Since when is anything scientific not debatable. The whole man caused climate change "science" has become dogma, not a debatable science. If they are serious about trying to really prove it, then they will open it up for debate and everyone will put their cards on the table.
No scientific evidence is undebatable. If it is, then it's no longer science and becomes dogma that no one is allowed to question. NASA...how about the temp readings from the satellites? What about the ice cores samples that have been examined and the whole CO2 drives temp dogma, has been questionably put on it's head.I'd like to see a real debate on this,not ridicule by losers like Al Gore calling the other side flat earthers.If they are so sure of their"evidence then debate,or are they scared?
ok do the research yourself plz. youll find thoses who say no are the same ppl putting robots on mars. do the research yourself, these are the ppl who have dedicated thier entire live to thier field. the USGS DOES know eactly wht they are talking about. thats why wamart doesnt do federal survey work in alaska. these are REAL scientists doing REAL science for DECADES in this counrty and now now all of a sudden thats eaacst are points out the folly of man and it stings a little.
They are so sure, then open it up for a true debate. Yes, I know about these men and women working hard and some for decades. Funny thing is, some of these fellows are the same ones saying we were sliding into another ice age in the 70's.
thats right now your thinking, now go research the numbers of those scientists that do and the ones that dont. you be surprised of how the global consensus has grown
Oh, yes, the consensus. Most people of science used to believe the earth was the center of the universe. Because most of them believed that, did that make it true? Remember what happened to Galileo?
BARROW, Alaska - Rapidly melting ice on Alaska's Arctic is opening up a new navigable ocean in the extreme north, allowing oil tankers, fishing vessels and even cruise ships to venture into a realm once trolled mostly by indigenous hunters.Scientists say global warming has melted the polar sea ice each summer to half the size it was in the 1960s, opening vast stretches of water. Last year, it thawed to its lowest level on record.
The news from Detroit just gets grimmer. With gas prices soaring, sales of fuel-guzzling SUVs and trucks are plummeting. The Big Three that once ruled the industry -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler -- are cutting costs, shuttering plants and laying off workers. GM's share price is hovering near its lowest point in half a century; the company announced a whopping $15.5 billion loss in the second quarter of 2008.
But at GM's Advanced Design Center in Warren, Mich., Bob Boniface is surprisingly optimistic about the future as he shows off the company's Chevy Volt, a mass-market, electrically propelled vehicle that his crew is developing. "Business as usual just doesn't work for us and our customers anymore," says Boniface, design director for the Volt. "Our natural resources are limited, so we have to stay ahead of the technological curve."
Zenns get the equivalent of 254 miles per gallon, Clifford said. It costs less than two cents per mile to drive, based on the average retail rate of electricity in the United States of 10.15 cents per kilowatt-hour. Regular cars cost about 10 cents a mile to drive, according to a 2006 report from the Energy Information Administration.
Chevron recommends that we get more oil from existing fields, search for new reserves, meanwhile perfecting hybrids. They tell us to support research that will allow wind, solar and hydrogen to become more viable parts of the energy equation. They urge government to create policies that will support us environmentally as well economically. They remind us that as consumers, we must be proactive. "Inaction is not an option" We all need to work together to solve the energy problem.
Exxon Mobil is working with the leading battery manufacturers to incorporate its film separator technology, Harris said. To date, the company has the capability to begin mass production through its affiliate in Japan, he said Among the biggest lithium-ion battery manufacturers are Japan's Sony, South Korea's Samsung and Johnson Controls in Milwaukee, Wis.But when asked if Exxon Mobil had contracts with those companies, Harris sidestepped, promising only that there is more news to come
British Petrolium High efficiency 65 watt photovoltaic module using silicon nitride MultiCrystalline cells. The BP 365 photovoltaic module provides superior value and performance for commercial and industrial use, operating DC loads directly or, in an inverter-equipped system, AC loads.
Guess what, you are going to be the only one on here posting. I believe that all of us commomn sense people regard you as a socialist commie. Push, Push, Push to get your ideals across whether it conflicts or not with proven energy sources. Now your are ALONE but I'm sure you're used to that. Maybe something happened during your childhood that you weren't to proud of. I BID YOU ADIEU!!!
oh thats rich, Mr. i joined over a year and a half ago, i have no videos,im 71 and prolly hate my neighbors,you have ONE friend....lol
and ONE subscriber,your channel has only been viewed 400 times,and by the looks of your page ppl think your impersonating two posters.
now look at the big picture here....YOU 1 friend,1 subscriber,400 veiws / ME 12 friends, 144 subscribers, 2 vids some have been seen 10,000 times , and there are liks to my vids all over the net. you STRATUS37 are a joke.
Except that 90 days is about the same amount of time that the Mars Rover systems were expected, and according to the counter on the Yardney website, its batteries have been working on Mars for over 4 years now. :]
One thing about the Martian winters is that the weather doesn't just get cold -- it gets cold and windy. And those two circular solar arrays are going to have a hard go of it, immersed in frozen CO2 and battered by Martian winds.So you add the two components together -- frozen battery, and frozen solar array exposed to high winds, and it seems like 90 days is about all the life the Phoenix will see from its power system
Here's where the Phoenix's power comes from now that it's settled on Mars:
The battery is a pair of rechargeable 25-amp-hour lithium-ion batteries made by Yardney in Pawcatuck, CT. The Mars job is supposed to last for only 90 days and then the Martian winter kicks in. In the polar region where the Phoenix is it gets cold enough to freeze CO2.So the poor unfortunate lithium ion batteries are basically immersed in dry ice, and that's hard on lithium ion batteries.
The plug-in hybrid "will be a big step forward," boasts Nancy Gioia, director of sustainable mobility technology at Ford. It's the kind of fuel-efficient product, she adds, that customers will find "relevant, affordable and accessible."
At Ford's innovation center in Dearborn, an Escape plug-in hybrid is on display. It looks just like an Escape except for the electric socket on the outside. There are other green elements you can't see, however, such as seats made of recycled soda bottles and stuffed with soy-based foam.
The news from Detroit just gets grimmer. With gas prices soaring, sales of fuel-guzzling SUVs and trucks are plummeting. The Big Three that once ruled the industry -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler -- are cutting costs, shuttering plants and laying off workers. GM's share price is hovering near its lowest point in half a century; the company announced a whopping $15.5 billion loss in the second quarter of 2008.
the U.S. giants were hobbled by a focus on the short term: While Toyota began in the 1990s to develop a car for the 21st century (it eventually became the Prius), companies like GM were happily building highly profitable trucks and monster-size SUVs and ignoring the smaller-car market. as a result foreign carmakers were able to infiltrate the market. Today, 40% of cars "made in America" are assembled by foreign companies.
like i said youll say anything to keep thoses oil checks commin to your hot little hands huh...... even if that means twisting every fact you get your hands on. lol
look a little closer plz. im mean really read between the lines. Well, well. The cat's out of the bag: "The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound filed a federal document last month reporting that its work is partially funded and shaped by an international energy conglomerate. [...] The disclosure represents the first documented financial connection between the group opposing the wind farm and Oxbow Corp., which mines and markets energy and commodities, including coal, natural gas, and petroleum
David Anderson says energy bears are just not facing reality. He points to U.S. Department of Energy research that forecasts global growth in demand rising to at least 110 million barrels of oil per day in a decade from the current level of 85 million. "To get to that level while supply from the best and biggest fields in the Middle East, North Sea and Gulf of Mexico is shrinking will be very tough," he says. "Oil prices are going up to ration supply, short of a total global economic meltdown."
as a matter of fact since Dec. ive already saved over 1,000 dollars. that otherwise would have went to the away forever. now what am i gonna do with this new found surplus of cash.....EDUCATE MY CHILDREN MORE
pi3573-Yoiu better do some research on the latest data regarding turbines. It was reported that the turbines installed in Oregon are creating health hazards for the people living there, one of them is lack of equilibrium, among others. None of you numbsckulls NEVER do any research before you install supposedly newly founded alternatives but you people, and I use that term loosely, don't give a shit as long as you assholes can have your way.
Well I'm convinced. Stop the Wind farms! 0.00000003 percent of the population may have some disorders related to having turbines too close to home. To whom do I write about such a travesty?!
National Policy Act(NEPA)2 review of a proposed offshore wind farm is underway.3 Potential environmental [*PG350]impacts of the 420-megawatt Cape Wind project in the waters of Cape Cod, Massachusetts range from widely discussed visual impacts to lesser understood air emission reductions. Another developer has proposed offshore wind farms up and down the eastern seaboard and it is up to agencies in NEPA reviews of offshore wind to ensure that visual aesthetics do not eclipse emission reductions
and if ANYOBODY is ripping off the taxpayers of this country its YOU, so you just keep on depositing those oil stocks and promote your dirty little business at the same time. all the while your fellow americans choke on your companys profit margins. like i said what a joke
Sandia along with DOE and over 100 municipal utilities in the Midwest are collaborating on a CAES facility The Iowa Stored Energy Park (ISEP), which will be located in an aquifer near Des Moines, will boast 50 hours of power storage. When operational, it could supply 20% of the electricity a typical Iowa municipal utility uses in a year, and could save cities and their utilities as much as $5 million annually in purchased energy
pi3573-I'm not against conserving energy or finding news ways to produce alternative scources but I'm not changing my way of life just to appease you lifestyle. I have a degree in Enviromental Science and in Minneapolis there is a facility called the Hercules. It transforms waste into energy to supply 100,000 homes with electricity. I know that's a drop in the bucket but the electrical company for that area will not allow any more additional service. What does that tell you. Go Herc!!
Last week, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) broke ground on the first solar installation located along a major U.S. highway. The 104-kilowatt, ground-based photovoltaic array is the first phase of the Oregon Solar Highway, a project that will eventually place 2 megawatts of solar power along the state's roads,
It was only last Autumn that we reported that the biggest solar farm in the US would be a 80-megawatt installation by Cleantech America. Now, Southern California Edison (SCE) wants to build something quite a bit larger, a 250-megawatt farm with a twist: It will be distributed among many commercial rooftops, starting with southern California's Inland Empire, San Bernardino and Riverside counties
They are planning to install 1 megawatt per week starting in August. Once the project is finished, it will take up 65,000,000 square feet of roofs that would otherwise be unused and produce enough clean energy to supply about 162,000 homes. The total cost of the project will be about $875 million and is projected to take about five years to complete.
These are the kinds of big ideas we need to meet California's long-term energy and climate change goals," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "I urge others to follow in their footsteps. If commercial buildings statewide partnered with utilities to put this solar technology on their rooftops, it would set off a huge wave of renewable energy growth
MADRID - Solar panels are now compulsory on all new and renovated buildings in Spain as part of the country's efforts to bring its building rules up to date and curb growing demand for energy, ministers said on Monday.
im old and i remember we have played this gas/oil movie before 3 times in my lifetime.and itll happen again in 2o more years....if we dont do somthing about it
and just so you know the ICE has been in existance for a Century with hundreds of billions of dollars trhown at it by various auto maufactures, and in 2009 the majority of vehicles on the road only get 20-30 mpg. tell me whats wrong with this technology. and moreover before big oil decided to take over, the preferred mode of transportaion was the electric car. look it up :]
The active safety system consists of state-of-the-art seat belts with pretensioners and load limiters. The car is equipped with dual airbags.
Numerous computer simulations and full-size crash tests have been done to optimise the crash performance. TH!NK city meets all European and US requirements with good margins
Forget the death-trap jokes: the pint-sized Smart ForTwo, has earned a full five-star crash rating from the United States' Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for frontal and side impacts
Nevertheless, it scored a maximum safety rating from the IIHS in the standard frontal and side impact crash testing, which involves both a 40mph (64km/h) frontal offset crash and a 31mph (50km/h) barrier impact. The IIHS findings follow last month's results from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which gave the ForTwo four and five star ratings for frontal and side impacts
When we reviewed the Smart ForTwo a few weeks back, everyone who hopped in invariably asked "is it safe?". At over a metre shorter and 300kg lighter than a Mini Cooper S, and only a third as heavy as a BMW X5, the ForTwo is the smallest car the IIHS has ever tested
yea thats right the freedom to impose, lol what a joke im solar cause its the right thing to do, i didnt and still dont need YOUR approval to change my life for the better if you dont wannna save thousands of dollar every year .....welll that your dumb luck
pi3573-You better do some research from an indepedant org. Ever hear of clouds or rainy days? Maybe in another 3 billion years it would be feasable to have solar energy. By that time the sun will have covered half of the known sky.
Lets drive pieces of shit that is put together with bubble gum and weighs about 800 lbs. and when some body farts we have pay for your medical bills because the vehicle you driving is about the unsafe mode of transportation on this planet.
soulcleanser42-Sounds like you enjoy relinqishing you freedoms for the sake of evil big oil. Never mind the CO2s. If we didn't have an abundance of CO2's this planet would be a barren wasteland. For God's sake enjoy yourself. You only go around once.
nah i just live in the city under a brown blanket of smog and bad air days, and i watch what my and other children in thecity have to deal with on a daily basis. for example did you know that the air quality in school busses is often above fed safty limits?
Recently, I spent a week each in the new BMW X6 and Infiniti FX50. They're among the latest so-called "crossover" SUVs, the kinds that have been widely promoted as the cure for traditional gas-guzzling trucks. Coincidentally, I also recently logged some miles in a Chevy Suburban, a nearly three-ton SUV that's as big and old-school as they come. No contest, right?
So much for expectations. I managed 16 mpg in the Suburban. The BMW and Infiniti slurped along at 14 mpg. According to the EPA's official ratings, the BMW and Infiniti match the Suburban's 14/20 mpg in city and highway driving. Regarding utility, it's worth mentioning that the Suburban can at least carry seven people or a yard's sale worth of cargo. Slide four bodies and a few suitcases into the BMW and Infiniti, and they're stuffed to the max. We call this progress?
Both are among the fastest, hottest-handling SUVs around, yet both are old-school guzzlers despite the newfangled name.
Call it the crossover conundrum. It's the latest bait-and-switch for an industry that talks a good game on fuel economy, but seems determined to keep selling status and power. Efficiency is an accident or an afterthought.
But crossover guzzlers aren't about making sense. They're about nailing the trend, and keeping the SUV love affair alive. Honestly, I got a huge kick out of driving the BMW X6. But in the current climate, it's the kind of kick I can live without. Give me a BMW 3-Series sedan, and its 28-mpg highway rating, any day.
I prefer my 66' GTO, 389 CID, tri-power with a wood alcohol and ether feed, hurst 4 speed, posi, and it's time to fill her up!! MEET YOU AT THE DRAG STRIP!!!
pi3573-Holy Christ, do all of you socialist miss the point??? IT'S ALL ABOUT FREEDOM!!! You keep pushing your socialistic ideas on everybody else ex: having government intervene in our decisions. If you don't like freedom, move to a different country. I think you get the drift!!
this how important it is to Exxon The lithium-ion battery is seen as the key to the future of cars powered even in part by electricity. It is considered so important to the future of the automobile industry that ExxonMobil (XOM, news, msgs) -- yes, the oil company -- has 14 Ph.D.s in New Jersey, Texas and Japan devoted to improving the battery's energy potential
pi3573-Solar, wind, it's all iffy for the moment of now. Oil is for the short term and alternative energies for the long term. What part of that don't you understand. Do you understand perfecting and consumer cost on the free market. If you did, you wouldn't be making ridiculous comments. maybe in about 20 or 30 years this would be our future but you can't shut off the only transportation energy that is working for us like a light switch.
and you might wanna see why GMs stock is the lowest since 1930 watch (how killed the electric car) and youll know why nissan,misubishi,subaru,bmw and more have all electrics ready to go NOW and GM is way behind the curve
Round up all these clowns and make them, oh wait the spill has been contained in the gulf never mind!
Slayerfan84 1 year ago
Hows that drilling working out for you?
json1 1 year ago
How about we promote "Ride Your Bike to Work Day" over this?
IGOTTASRT8 1 year ago
How's that drilly-spilly thing workin' out for ya?
Responsible energy production is more expensive than our current price. You forget about the pay less.
rucb1alum 1 year ago
Every clown who ever chanted "Drill Baby Drill" or "Drill Here Drill Now" should be required to report to the Gulf coast for clean up duty.
AtlasShruggery 1 year ago
LMAO...so when the government gives Newts friends at Big Oil the go ahead to drill more they are then going to be so happy with the American people they will sell us oil cheaper than the market rate ? You people are freekn retarded if you thing that is going to happen.
metrozebra 1 year ago
@metrozebra It'll be cheaper soley by it's availability closer to the US - lower shipping costs etc. Soley by this, the profit can be equal, possibly even higher, with a lower cost to consumers for oil. Plus, with a lower cost - not being in OPEC - a cartel which guarantees higher prices, it will have significantly higher demand. Looking at a business perspective its good on all fronts - except not necessarily environmentally.
amandahottia 1 year ago
corporate dupes. This is nothing but a campaign to grant oil companies leases to otherwise unobtainable lands and ocean tracts. These mindless fucking idiots are bought and paid for like the corporate whores they are. Drilling will do nothing except destroy the planet. Where are the CONSERVatives when we need them?
PlanetoftheAtheists 1 year ago
American Solutions is a SCAM!!
cullgmail 1 year ago
SPILL BABY SPILL!!!
IowaArmen 1 year ago
We sure could use those 350,000 strong down here on the Gulf Coast to help clean up all this oil.
TheMoosehammer 1 year ago
OK, you drill now geniuses. It's hard to believe that you are actually marketing this short-sighted energy solution. While the Europeans and Chinese are leading the world in alternative energy investment, the only thing that 'good old American ingenuity' can offer up is: Drill here, drill now, pay less??? OMG, that is absolutely pathetic!!
zaitaiwan 1 year ago
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hklu24 2 years ago
look up Linsey Williams about the fraud the goverment is pushing. The global warming is a scam,it's been getting cooler for the last 29 years.
cowboybill117 2 years ago
turn off your electric too particle,your using energy.
cowboybill117 2 years ago
Oil Shale is the most retarded idea ever and it should be prohibited by law.
genYprogressive 2 years ago
The YouTube poster "KarrensMan69" is a mutiple-sockpuppet peddling YouTube fraud.
He also goes by the pseudonym "aluminumhelmet"
Are all con-servatives insecure dorks perpetrating the fraud, or just the ones that run to be on TV?
Was it REALLY necessary for the bimbo to recline on top of those boxes in order to blab about boring shit? She's showing plenty of leg to boot, too, eh?
Yeah, someone's been studying the FOX "News" floozies, I gather.
LerMicah 2 years ago
So this guy works for big oil.........I say shut the pumps down.We dont need oil.
2012nugget 2 years ago
So how do we plow out feilds for bread, veggies and fruit? How will our trucks and trains transport goods from one place to another? how would drive or fly from one place in the country to another? how would you be able to use your AC or heater? How you be able to post a stupid comment like that without oil producing the energy needed to give your computer power? Renewables have 1/10000 the capacity to replace oil atm.
shiftychew 2 years ago
How did we plow the feilds before big oil?How did we travel and comute our goods before big oil?What did we do before the world of AC and heat? Sorry to disagree with you but maybe you are too bent on consumption to realize the impact you have on earth. OnePeace
2012nugget 2 years ago
We modernized into it. Do you want to turn off the switch on all of it, you really think we can feed the 6 billion plus with manual labor. Before we had the tractor a much, much larger part of our land was devoted to farm land. Now its a very small fraction, millions would starve to death by repressing the efficiency back 150 years...MILLIONS..Would you want to import all of our food and become dependent on food instead of oil, what would happen if there was a severe drought...again MILLIONS
shiftychew 2 years ago
@shiftychew become dependant on food? Are you fucking joking? Why dont you help clean up the oil if your so addicted to it
Be a good consumer, support the oil industry
mattmatt115 1 year ago
Do you think people who live in arizona, new mexico and other areas unsuitable for large crop production could transport food by horses before it would rot? Why don't you lead the way, sell your car or bus ticket, turn off your fuse box to your electricity, don't buy ANYTHING that is transported by fossil fuel. Now imagine 6 billion others doing it, can you smell the stench of mass death already?
shiftychew 2 years ago
I see your fears,a terrible reality that is destined to happen,I dont fear what I cant control rather prepare for it.I have the skills for survival and can be self suffencient so the thought of the grid falling is of no or little consequence. I welcome the mass death if it means a new begining of clean energy and living. Peace
2012nugget 2 years ago
Or maybe, instead of drilling for more oil and therefore using up a finite non-renewable resource faster, we could invest in other technologies such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, etc. to gradually ease our oil dependence so that when oil does run out we won't have a catastrophe.
SerendipityPwns 2 years ago
Oil is renewable, it just takes a long time.
In protest of petro-chemical I walk everywhere, use compost to fertilize my garden (where I get most of my food), and never buy gas. I beg 350,000 to join me.
particletheory 2 years ago
Drill baby drill? Screw that! Its charge baby charge!
MSIL2 2 years ago
Putting research into engines that don't run on gas works pretty well too. But, y'know, oil companies wouldn't like that.
twigsta 2 years ago
Dumbasses...when did the party of ideas become the party of stupid??
What about the Experts at the Dept of Energy who say that it would take years before offshore drilling would yield any oil at all, and that even then the effect on prices at the pump would be insignificant?
stupid.
SweetlouID 3 years ago
well..im sorry you fell for that lie...you will have the oil in a month...you dont work in the patch...so how the hell would you know?
wormkilla 2 years ago
Yeah 10 years to find oil, build a rig and extract it. But what you didn't read is a huge number of facilities are in place right now ready to drill but can't because its illegal. Those facilities could extract oil in 6 months if allowed.....and if they were allowed tomorrow oil speculation would drive the price down overnight..not some right wing theory, just wallstreet economics. LOL insignificant, OPEC sneezes and the price sky rockets....LMAO
shiftychew 2 years ago
Catchy slogan, but misleading. The real issue is the obfiscation of renewables.
AMAZINGPROSTATE 3 years ago
Offshore and North Shore drilling will take 8 years at least to bring only 10% of America's oil needs online! It will only benefit oil companies and their investors, not Americans as a whole.
Volkmoidruk 3 years ago
Nice try!
moviemanacct 3 years ago
#1 No matter how fast wells are drilled they'd never keep pace with demand of the rising population.
#2 If more oil were the solution to lower prices then how about we use the oil we're now selling to China? Do you honestly think prices here would go down? Not!
#3 WHAT'S IMPORTANT: If the major oil countries decide to sell using the euro instead of the dollar it won't matter how many wells are drilled.Perhaps a more pressing issue to campaign for is building America's respect around the world.
pegasus431 3 years ago
According to US department of Interior we have total of 115 billion barrels of oil off our coasts ( Gulf, Atlantic, Pacific ) and Alaska. More than Russia, Venezuela, Kuwait, and same as Iraq. We've lots of oil all over America for decades. I will oppose drilling and supporting Pelosi because when you drill in ocean floors, the seabeds may collapse and Islands may sink in the oceans. Don't like high gas prices ? Buy a horse !
jacquelineveronique 3 years ago
Can Someone Please explain to me WHY the oil companies would drill more and lower the price of oil? What's their incentive to "drill baby drill"? Their profits are the highest ever now, why would they lower them?
And even if they did, Why would they sell the oil just to us? it's a world market to the highest bidder, we can't stop importing oil unless we MAKE domestic producers only sell to us, but that's not FREE MARKET.
they need COMPETITION from ALTERNATIVE FUELS and RENEWABLE ENERGY
beonecity 3 years ago 2
ANWR contains an estimated 10 billion barrels of oil. Ooooh! Lots eh? And at $100 a barrel that is 1 trillion dollars. Oooooh! Lots eh? But the US use 25 million barrels a day. That is a billion barrels every 40 days. With increasing consumption, the entire ANWR deposit wlll barely last a year. It is a drop in the bucket, not a long term solution. Same applies to all the offshore oil reserves. The only answer is in conservation and innovation. What a bunch of fools in this video.
BushIsTheDevil 3 years ago 2
What a bunch of lying crap. Fact is, the oil companies already have 85,000 oil leases that they can't be bothered to drill. Opening up everything to drilling now will bring down the price by 5 cents a gallon 10 years from now. Fact. The oil companies themselves say so. Of course there are stll trilions of dollars to be made selling oil for 200, 500, 1000 a barrel 10 - 20 years from now but this is not going to make any difference to joe average. What a bunch of fools.
BushIsTheDevil 3 years ago
There's one group and one group alone that is to be blamed for rising gas prices : liberal morons !
AriesLudzik 3 years ago
Shutup and drill here now, moron!
MaicoMoon 3 years ago
Yea drill here drill now.
Not like those fucking Europeans who let gas prices get as high as 10$/g. Its like they dont even care about the price of gas. They keep do the same shit year after years, excluding OIL from their energy needs.
WE need to do things differently in the US and McCain knows the answer.
DRILL baby DRILL
DRILL baby DRILL
DRILL baby DRILL
TheNextTurn 3 years ago
Right On. We have 503,000,000,000 barrels under Montana, North and South Dakota and parts of Canada.
magnaflowedramx4 3 years ago
"We havnt been attacked since 9/11 now have we"
I disagree. We ALL suffer from the attack on our Constitution, Bill of Rights and looming police state.
timpedersen 3 years ago
Cooling? Well that explains record numbers of icebergs floating near Newfoundland. Wait, no it doesn't.
The Earth us in a period of extreme conditions. Summers will be hotter, winters will be colder. The gulf stream has been warmed, screwing up the air that flows naturally from continent to continent.
timpedersen 3 years ago
The liberals here are typical of all liberals. Dispute and deny logic. Assume that failed policies of the past must never be removed. Argue that they "know better" and you have no evidence to support your claims.
The price of oil is dependent on three primary things: a) Cost to get it out of the ground b) Demand c) Availability
watchme2day 3 years ago
In comments Tuesday at the Motor Press Guild in Los Angeles,Chrysler Vice Chairman and President Jim Press said the vehicles are being developed by Chrysler's Envi unit, which the automaker created last year to create electric vehicles."We are excited about the Envi organization, and we continue to work toward electric vehicles, Deneau said in an interview Wednesday.
Press said the vehicles can reach 60 mph(100 kph)in less than four seconds and have a range of at least 300 miles(480 kilometers)
pi3573 3 years ago
i got your evidence right here, and if you actually read the posts youd know that.
pi3573 3 years ago
Ireland launches marine power initiative
100 MW California wave project gets prelim. approval
Finavera gets federal approval for Wash. wave power
Finavera in Irish wind development deal
Marine power project proposed in Maui
pi3573 3 years ago
2nd September 2008,
A feasibility review of Carnegie Corporation's planned construction of a wave energy farm off the Albany coast has indicated there would be no "fatal flaws" in regards to environmental considerations, the company has announced.
The firm's Preliminary Albany Project Environmental Scoping report studied Carnegie's 30,000 hectare licence area of sea floor and an adjacent onshore area.
pi3573 3 years ago
The company plans to construct a CETO wave energy system, which consists of an array of submerged buoys which move with passing waves to drive pumps which pressurise seawater.
That water, delivered on shore via a pipeline, is then used to drive a turbine generator to produce electricity.
pi3573 3 years ago
WASHINGTON - Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.The investigations reveal a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" by a small group of individuals "wholly lacking in acceptance of or adherence to government ethical standards," wrote Inspector General Earl E. Devaney.
pi3573 3 years ago
The United States sits atop just 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, but burns one quarter of global production. Sixty percent of what it uses daily is imported.
Drill here, drill now and watch NOTHING HAPPEN (Except for maybe a dead bird or two after inevitable spills, but who cares about birds right?)
Tards.
timpedersen 3 years ago
Drill here, drill now, pay later!
The United States sits atop just 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, but burns one quarter of global production. Sixty percent of what it uses daily is imported.
All of you drill babies are severely misinformed.
timpedersen 3 years ago
Higher taxes for the rich, yes. Everyone can agree that that's a good idea - except the rich.
Unrestricted immigration is a lie.
High energy prices is a lie.
Unemployment is up under republicans.
Take home pay is down under republicans.
And "when you teach someone to be dependent" - like the troops? Buying their own armor and losing their homes? Sure thing buddy.
timpedersen 3 years ago
Since it's unlikely he's going to make that kind of money anywhere else in the world, it's pretty unlikely he's going to quit working for BP.
pi3573 3 years ago
TORONTO - A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.
Derek Mueller, an Arctic ice shelf specialist at Trent University in Ontario, told The Associated Press that the 4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated in early August and the 19-square-mile shelf is now adrift in the Arctic Ocean.
pi3573 3 years ago
Wind power is the fastest-growing energy source in the world. Siemens is rapidly expanding its manufacturing capacities in this exciting new business with powerful offshore wind parks, growing much faster than the market. With more than 6,300 wind turbines around the world, Siemens helps to save up to 10 million tons of CO2 emissions per year. As the market leader in offshore wind energy, Siemens offers the largest serially produced offshore wind turbines,
pi3573 3 years ago
we need to impeach nancy pelosi and harry reid!
antiTyph0n06 3 years ago
And not Bush I suppose? The one who actually broke several laws? (and counting)
timpedersen 3 years ago
Bush's 2nd term is almost over and all he was trying to do is fight the terrorists. we need to impeach that bitch nancy pelosi!
antiTyph0n06 3 years ago 3
I can only add, what does, ninny pelosi & jane fonda have in common? Answer: they're both American Traitor bi%*#es!
Rosiesideology 3 years ago
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fooschnikens 3 years ago
I really like the girl at :36. she's cute! Message me if you see this. lol
alteredbeat 3 years ago
Yeah, I know!! My thoughts exactly the first time I saw this video! You have good taste!
packrat76 3 years ago
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Marascreams2210 3 years ago
934 comments, and about 900 are from pi3573.
packrat76 3 years ago
i wish, lol
pi3573 3 years ago
106,but whos counting anyway. im just glad your reading all the posts. most of the ppl dont read any more than a couple of posts,then make some wild comment. that not only had already been answered but they are compleatly out of touch when they say(and its ebven said on this page)"i dont have the time to read all 20 pages.....but im gonna make a comment anyway. lol what a joke, how can you be in the discusion if you dont read the material.
pi3573 3 years ago
Actually I didn't read them all. I don't agree with some of what you say, especially all this global warming histeria, so I stopped reading them. No, I don't feel like arguing about it.
packrat76 3 years ago
well there you have it, like i said nobody wants to do the homework and find out the real awnswers. ppl read two posts and then voice uninformed opinions. really folks do the homework , know what the hell your debating for gods sake.
pi3573 3 years ago
That's a bunch of crap. I have researched it. Just because I haven't read all the crap you posted means I don't know anything about the climate change hysteria? Tell me why they say "the debate is over?" Since when is anything scientific not debatable. The whole man caused climate change "science" has become dogma, not a debatable science. If they are serious about trying to really prove it, then they will open it up for debate and everyone will put their cards on the table.
packrat76 3 years ago
um no its not a debate the time for debate is over ...its a fact now. try USGS, NASA, BBC,PBS..ect ect...
pi3573 3 years ago
No scientific evidence is undebatable. If it is, then it's no longer science and becomes dogma that no one is allowed to question. NASA...how about the temp readings from the satellites? What about the ice cores samples that have been examined and the whole CO2 drives temp dogma, has been questionably put on it's head.I'd like to see a real debate on this,not ridicule by losers like Al Gore calling the other side flat earthers.If they are so sure of their"evidence then debate,or are they scared?
packrat76 3 years ago
ok do the research yourself plz. youll find thoses who say no are the same ppl putting robots on mars. do the research yourself, these are the ppl who have dedicated thier entire live to thier field. the USGS DOES know eactly wht they are talking about. thats why wamart doesnt do federal survey work in alaska. these are REAL scientists doing REAL science for DECADES in this counrty and now now all of a sudden thats eaacst are points out the folly of man and it stings a little.
pi3573 3 years ago
sry bad spellling (hurrying around before work)
pi3573 3 years ago
They are so sure, then open it up for a true debate. Yes, I know about these men and women working hard and some for decades. Funny thing is, some of these fellows are the same ones saying we were sliding into another ice age in the 70's.
packrat76 3 years ago
thats right now your thinking, now go research the numbers of those scientists that do and the ones that dont. you be surprised of how the global consensus has grown
pi3573 3 years ago
Oh, yes, the consensus. Most people of science used to believe the earth was the center of the universe. Because most of them believed that, did that make it true? Remember what happened to Galileo?
packrat76 3 years ago
well im glad you got it, thoses flat-earthers still belive that OIL IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. lol
pi3573 3 years ago
Oh, you are so funny!!
packrat76 3 years ago
Aug. 21, 2008
BARROW, Alaska - Rapidly melting ice on Alaska's Arctic is opening up a new navigable ocean in the extreme north, allowing oil tankers, fishing vessels and even cruise ships to venture into a realm once trolled mostly by indigenous hunters.Scientists say global warming has melted the polar sea ice each summer to half the size it was in the 1960s, opening vast stretches of water. Last year, it thawed to its lowest level on record.
pi3573 3 years ago
The oil bulls are back.
West Texas crude oil surged $5.96 to $121.52 a barrel this morning as tensions grew between Russia and Georgia and the dollar fell against the euro.
Goldman Sachs on Wednesday reiterated its position that oil prices will be at $149 a barrel by the end of the year.
A report on U.S. leading economic indicators showed a 0.7% decline in July, worse than economists' expectations of a 0.2% drop.
pi3573 3 years ago
/signed
bubs848 3 years ago
welcome to the Pawns club. lol
pi3573 3 years ago
The news from Detroit just gets grimmer. With gas prices soaring, sales of fuel-guzzling SUVs and trucks are plummeting. The Big Three that once ruled the industry -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler -- are cutting costs, shuttering plants and laying off workers. GM's share price is hovering near its lowest point in half a century; the company announced a whopping $15.5 billion loss in the second quarter of 2008.
ra2622ra 3 years ago
But at GM's Advanced Design Center in Warren, Mich., Bob Boniface is surprisingly optimistic about the future as he shows off the company's Chevy Volt, a mass-market, electrically propelled vehicle that his crew is developing. "Business as usual just doesn't work for us and our customers anymore," says Boniface, design director for the Volt. "Our natural resources are limited, so we have to stay ahead of the technological curve."
ra2622ra 3 years ago
Zenns get the equivalent of 254 miles per gallon, Clifford said. It costs less than two cents per mile to drive, based on the average retail rate of electricity in the United States of 10.15 cents per kilowatt-hour. Regular cars cost about 10 cents a mile to drive, according to a 2006 report from the Energy Information Administration.
pi3573 3 years ago 2
The problem is America's gas guzzlers.
Build Less, Drive Less, Pay Less ... and you don't even have to sign a petition.
bustermk2 3 years ago 3
all of my posts come from reputible sources. you know MIT,NASAS,USGS,ect...
pi3573 3 years ago
Chevron recommends that we get more oil from existing fields, search for new reserves, meanwhile perfecting hybrids. They tell us to support research that will allow wind, solar and hydrogen to become more viable parts of the energy equation. They urge government to create policies that will support us environmentally as well economically. They remind us that as consumers, we must be proactive. "Inaction is not an option" We all need to work together to solve the energy problem.
pi3573 3 years ago 3
Chevron, with its "willyoujoinus" campaign, is trying to establish itself as a "green" company with integrity
pi3573 3 years ago
Exxon Mobil is working with the leading battery manufacturers to incorporate its film separator technology, Harris said. To date, the company has the capability to begin mass production through its affiliate in Japan, he said Among the biggest lithium-ion battery manufacturers are Japan's Sony, South Korea's Samsung and Johnson Controls in Milwaukee, Wis.But when asked if Exxon Mobil had contracts with those companies, Harris sidestepped, promising only that there is more news to come
pi3573 3 years ago
General Electric 200Watt Solar Module GEPV 200 54 poly-crystalline cells connected in series
• Peak power of 200 watts at 26.3 volts
• Designed for optimum use in residential and commercial grid-tied applications
• 25 year limited warranty on power output, 5-year limited warranty on materials and workmanship
• Pre-wired junction box with MC connectors
pi3573 3 years ago
British Petrolium High efficiency 65 watt photovoltaic module using silicon nitride MultiCrystalline cells. The BP 365 photovoltaic module provides superior value and performance for commercial and industrial use, operating DC loads directly or, in an inverter-equipped system, AC loads.
pi3573 3 years ago
Guess what, you are going to be the only one on here posting. I believe that all of us commomn sense people regard you as a socialist commie. Push, Push, Push to get your ideals across whether it conflicts or not with proven energy sources. Now your are ALONE but I'm sure you're used to that. Maybe something happened during your childhood that you weren't to proud of. I BID YOU ADIEU!!!
stratus37 3 years ago
oh thats rich, Mr. i joined over a year and a half ago, i have no videos,im 71 and prolly hate my neighbors,you have ONE friend....lol
and ONE subscriber,your channel has only been viewed 400 times,and by the looks of your page ppl think your impersonating two posters.
now look at the big picture here....YOU 1 friend,1 subscriber,400 veiws / ME 12 friends, 144 subscribers, 2 vids some have been seen 10,000 times , and there are liks to my vids all over the net. you STRATUS37 are a joke.
pi3573 3 years ago 5
Except that 90 days is about the same amount of time that the Mars Rover systems were expected, and according to the counter on the Yardney website, its batteries have been working on Mars for over 4 years now. :]
pi3573 3 years ago
One thing about the Martian winters is that the weather doesn't just get cold -- it gets cold and windy. And those two circular solar arrays are going to have a hard go of it, immersed in frozen CO2 and battered by Martian winds.So you add the two components together -- frozen battery, and frozen solar array exposed to high winds, and it seems like 90 days is about all the life the Phoenix will see from its power system
pi3573 3 years ago
Here's where the Phoenix's power comes from now that it's settled on Mars:
The battery is a pair of rechargeable 25-amp-hour lithium-ion batteries made by Yardney in Pawcatuck, CT. The Mars job is supposed to last for only 90 days and then the Martian winter kicks in. In the polar region where the Phoenix is it gets cold enough to freeze CO2.So the poor unfortunate lithium ion batteries are basically immersed in dry ice, and that's hard on lithium ion batteries.
pi3573 3 years ago
The plug-in hybrid "will be a big step forward," boasts Nancy Gioia, director of sustainable mobility technology at Ford. It's the kind of fuel-efficient product, she adds, that customers will find "relevant, affordable and accessible."
pi3573 3 years ago
At Ford's innovation center in Dearborn, an Escape plug-in hybrid is on display. It looks just like an Escape except for the electric socket on the outside. There are other green elements you can't see, however, such as seats made of recycled soda bottles and stuffed with soy-based foam.
pi3573 3 years ago
The news from Detroit just gets grimmer. With gas prices soaring, sales of fuel-guzzling SUVs and trucks are plummeting. The Big Three that once ruled the industry -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler -- are cutting costs, shuttering plants and laying off workers. GM's share price is hovering near its lowest point in half a century; the company announced a whopping $15.5 billion loss in the second quarter of 2008.
pi3573 3 years ago
the U.S. giants were hobbled by a focus on the short term: While Toyota began in the 1990s to develop a car for the 21st century (it eventually became the Prius), companies like GM were happily building highly profitable trucks and monster-size SUVs and ignoring the smaller-car market. as a result foreign carmakers were able to infiltrate the market. Today, 40% of cars "made in America" are assembled by foreign companies.
pi3573 3 years ago
like i said youll say anything to keep thoses oil checks commin to your hot little hands huh...... even if that means twisting every fact you get your hands on. lol
pi3573 3 years ago
look a little closer plz. im mean really read between the lines. Well, well. The cat's out of the bag: "The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound filed a federal document last month reporting that its work is partially funded and shaped by an international energy conglomerate. [...] The disclosure represents the first documented financial connection between the group opposing the wind farm and Oxbow Corp., which mines and markets energy and commodities, including coal, natural gas, and petroleum
pi3573 3 years ago
What is your address so I can bring over my derrick and start drilling?
psychoroni 3 years ago
well i guess your stuck then cause i live on the coast, that means youd had better bring you SCUBA gear. i did and my speargun too
pi3573 3 years ago
David Anderson says energy bears are just not facing reality. He points to U.S. Department of Energy research that forecasts global growth in demand rising to at least 110 million barrels of oil per day in a decade from the current level of 85 million. "To get to that level while supply from the best and biggest fields in the Middle East, North Sea and Gulf of Mexico is shrinking will be very tough," he says. "Oil prices are going up to ration supply, short of a total global economic meltdown."
pi3573 3 years ago
as a matter of fact since Dec. ive already saved over 1,000 dollars. that otherwise would have went to the away forever. now what am i gonna do with this new found surplus of cash.....EDUCATE MY CHILDREN MORE
pi3573 3 years ago
like i said yesterday im debating this topic for free,every letter i type IS FREE. can you say that ?
pi3573 3 years ago
ill be thinking about you while im installing my new 1kw turbine.
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-Yoiu better do some research on the latest data regarding turbines. It was reported that the turbines installed in Oregon are creating health hazards for the people living there, one of them is lack of equilibrium, among others. None of you numbsckulls NEVER do any research before you install supposedly newly founded alternatives but you people, and I use that term loosely, don't give a shit as long as you assholes can have your way.
stratus37 3 years ago
um look again. you dont know what your talking about
pi3573 3 years ago
Well I'm convinced. Stop the Wind farms! 0.00000003 percent of the population may have some disorders related to having turbines too close to home. To whom do I write about such a travesty?!
pi3573 3 years ago
this is TODAYS NEWS Oregon's siting council Friday approved Caithness Shepherd Flats'
proposal to build a 909-MW wind farm near Arlington, Oregon, that would be the
largest in the US Northwest when built. The project would cover 32,100 acres of private land in Gilliam and
Morrow counties that flank the Columbia River, according to documents filed
with the Energy Facility Siting Council by Caithness Shepherd Flats, a limited
partnership of New York-based Caithness Energy Group.
pi3573 3 years ago
National Policy Act(NEPA)2 review of a proposed offshore wind farm is underway.3 Potential environmental [*PG350]impacts of the 420-megawatt Cape Wind project in the waters of Cape Cod, Massachusetts range from widely discussed visual impacts to lesser understood air emission reductions. Another developer has proposed offshore wind farms up and down the eastern seaboard and it is up to agencies in NEPA reviews of offshore wind to ensure that visual aesthetics do not eclipse emission reductions
pi3573 3 years ago
and if ANYOBODY is ripping off the taxpayers of this country its YOU, so you just keep on depositing those oil stocks and promote your dirty little business at the same time. all the while your fellow americans choke on your companys profit margins. like i said what a joke
pi3573 3 years ago
can you say peak oil, how bout world market
pi3573 3 years ago
Sandia along with DOE and over 100 municipal utilities in the Midwest are collaborating on a CAES facility The Iowa Stored Energy Park (ISEP), which will be located in an aquifer near Des Moines, will boast 50 hours of power storage. When operational, it could supply 20% of the electricity a typical Iowa municipal utility uses in a year, and could save cities and their utilities as much as $5 million annually in purchased energy
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-Yep, you were born yesterday!!! In my estimation the best extraction of solar energy would be on sunny days. RIGHT????
stratus37 3 years ago
pi3573-I'm not against conserving energy or finding news ways to produce alternative scources but I'm not changing my way of life just to appease you lifestyle. I have a degree in Enviromental Science and in Minneapolis there is a facility called the Hercules. It transforms waste into energy to supply 100,000 homes with electricity. I know that's a drop in the bucket but the electrical company for that area will not allow any more additional service. What does that tell you. Go Herc!!
stratus37 3 years ago
it tells me your a joke. shoulda spent the money on something better lol
pi3573 3 years ago
Last week, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) broke ground on the first solar installation located along a major U.S. highway. The 104-kilowatt, ground-based photovoltaic array is the first phase of the Oregon Solar Highway, a project that will eventually place 2 megawatts of solar power along the state's roads,
pi3573 3 years ago
It was only last Autumn that we reported that the biggest solar farm in the US would be a 80-megawatt installation by Cleantech America. Now, Southern California Edison (SCE) wants to build something quite a bit larger, a 250-megawatt farm with a twist: It will be distributed among many commercial rooftops, starting with southern California's Inland Empire, San Bernardino and Riverside counties
pi3573 3 years ago
They are planning to install 1 megawatt per week starting in August. Once the project is finished, it will take up 65,000,000 square feet of roofs that would otherwise be unused and produce enough clean energy to supply about 162,000 homes. The total cost of the project will be about $875 million and is projected to take about five years to complete.
pi3573 3 years ago
These are the kinds of big ideas we need to meet California's long-term energy and climate change goals," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "I urge others to follow in their footsteps. If commercial buildings statewide partnered with utilities to put this solar technology on their rooftops, it would set off a huge wave of renewable energy growth
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-Who's going to pay for all of this solar energy? OH, I forgot, the taxpayers.
stratus37 3 years ago
wait whos paying? the ONLY TAX PAYER PAYING FOR ANYTHING IS ME. tell me how my solar system cost you anything?
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-Do you think, that maybe, they're just doing all of this just to appease your movement? For the moment of now we need to drill here and soon.
stratus37 3 years ago
yea British Petrolium is manufacturing solar panels to appease me lol, thats too funny
pi3573 3 years ago
MADRID - Solar panels are now compulsory on all new and renovated buildings in Spain as part of the country's efforts to bring its building rules up to date and curb growing demand for energy, ministers said on Monday.
pi3573 3 years ago
im old and i remember we have played this gas/oil movie before 3 times in my lifetime.and itll happen again in 2o more years....if we dont do somthing about it
kevmarkpat 3 years ago
and just so you know the ICE has been in existance for a Century with hundreds of billions of dollars trhown at it by various auto maufactures, and in 2009 the majority of vehicles on the road only get 20-30 mpg. tell me whats wrong with this technology. and moreover before big oil decided to take over, the preferred mode of transportaion was the electric car. look it up :]
pi3573 3 years ago
what your missing is that BIG BIZ is going solar/wind, why? the bottom line thats why i did it. not cause im warm and fuzzy lol
pi3573 3 years ago
The active safety system consists of state-of-the-art seat belts with pretensioners and load limiters. The car is equipped with dual airbags.
Numerous computer simulations and full-size crash tests have been done to optimise the crash performance. TH!NK city meets all European and US requirements with good margins
pi3573 3 years ago
Forget the death-trap jokes: the pint-sized Smart ForTwo, has earned a full five-star crash rating from the United States' Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for frontal and side impacts
pi3573 3 years ago
Nevertheless, it scored a maximum safety rating from the IIHS in the standard frontal and side impact crash testing, which involves both a 40mph (64km/h) frontal offset crash and a 31mph (50km/h) barrier impact. The IIHS findings follow last month's results from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which gave the ForTwo four and five star ratings for frontal and side impacts
pi3573 3 years ago
When we reviewed the Smart ForTwo a few weeks back, everyone who hopped in invariably asked "is it safe?". At over a metre shorter and 300kg lighter than a Mini Cooper S, and only a third as heavy as a BMW X5, the ForTwo is the smallest car the IIHS has ever tested
pi3573 3 years ago
un safe how so
pi3573 3 years ago
read the cheating culture by david callahan
pi3573 3 years ago
ill think about you while im depositing my rebate checks lol
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-Yeah me too, when I deposit my stock returns from oil.
stratus37 3 years ago
yea thats right the freedom to impose, lol what a joke im solar cause its the right thing to do, i didnt and still dont need YOUR approval to change my life for the better if you dont wannna save thousands of dollar every year .....welll that your dumb luck
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-You better do some research from an indepedant org. Ever hear of clouds or rainy days? Maybe in another 3 billion years it would be feasable to have solar energy. By that time the sun will have covered half of the known sky.
stratus37 3 years ago
clouds rainy days? what you think i just was born yesterday? thats why British Petrolium is makeing solar panels huh lol
pi3573 3 years ago
yea thats whats wrong here, lets kill all the kids so we can drive huge vehicles lol
pi3573 3 years ago
Lets drive pieces of shit that is put together with bubble gum and weighs about 800 lbs. and when some body farts we have pay for your medical bills because the vehicle you driving is about the unsafe mode of transportation on this planet.
stratus37 3 years ago
Why don't you read all the posts I already posted that I am not going to read all the posts.
Thank You
SKEscalante 3 years ago
as a matter of fact im writing this right now from a computer thats power by solar and batteries my cost .........0
pi3573 3 years ago
this is todays news lol not what i tink
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
soulcleanser42-Sounds like you enjoy relinqishing you freedoms for the sake of evil big oil. Never mind the CO2s. If we didn't have an abundance of CO2's this planet would be a barren wasteland. For God's sake enjoy yourself. You only go around once.
stratus37 3 years ago
nah i just live in the city under a brown blanket of smog and bad air days, and i watch what my and other children in thecity have to deal with on a daily basis. for example did you know that the air quality in school busses is often above fed safty limits?
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
By Lawrence Ulrich of MSN autos
Recently, I spent a week each in the new BMW X6 and Infiniti FX50. They're among the latest so-called "crossover" SUVs, the kinds that have been widely promoted as the cure for traditional gas-guzzling trucks. Coincidentally, I also recently logged some miles in a Chevy Suburban, a nearly three-ton SUV that's as big and old-school as they come. No contest, right?
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
So much for expectations. I managed 16 mpg in the Suburban. The BMW and Infiniti slurped along at 14 mpg. According to the EPA's official ratings, the BMW and Infiniti match the Suburban's 14/20 mpg in city and highway driving. Regarding utility, it's worth mentioning that the Suburban can at least carry seven people or a yard's sale worth of cargo. Slide four bodies and a few suitcases into the BMW and Infiniti, and they're stuffed to the max. We call this progress?
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
Both are among the fastest, hottest-handling SUVs around, yet both are old-school guzzlers despite the newfangled name.
Call it the crossover conundrum. It's the latest bait-and-switch for an industry that talks a good game on fuel economy, but seems determined to keep selling status and power. Efficiency is an accident or an afterthought.
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
what contradiction?
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
AHA,typical liberal!!
stratus37 3 years ago
But crossover guzzlers aren't about making sense. They're about nailing the trend, and keeping the SUV love affair alive. Honestly, I got a huge kick out of driving the BMW X6. But in the current climate, it's the kind of kick I can live without. Give me a BMW 3-Series sedan, and its 28-mpg highway rating, any day.
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
I prefer my 66' GTO, 389 CID, tri-power with a wood alcohol and ether feed, hurst 4 speed, posi, and it's time to fill her up!! MEET YOU AT THE DRAG STRIP!!!
stratus37 3 years ago
i doubt youd even get close to a an electric dragster or a tesla roadster for that matter watch the vid for yourself
pi3573 3 years ago
or maybe a lightning gt
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-Holy Christ, do all of you socialist miss the point??? IT'S ALL ABOUT FREEDOM!!! You keep pushing your socialistic ideas on everybody else ex: having government intervene in our decisions. If you don't like freedom, move to a different country. I think you get the drift!!
stratus37 3 years ago
im on solar. watch my vids and learn something
pi3573 3 years ago
this how important it is to Exxon The lithium-ion battery is seen as the key to the future of cars powered even in part by electricity. It is considered so important to the future of the automobile industry that ExxonMobil (XOM, news, msgs) -- yes, the oil company -- has 14 Ph.D.s in New Jersey, Texas and Japan devoted to improving the battery's energy potential
pi3573 3 years ago
if you watch my vids youll see im on solar and im not in the dark ages or crapping in the woods
pi3573 3 years ago
pi3573-Solar, wind, it's all iffy for the moment of now. Oil is for the short term and alternative energies for the long term. What part of that don't you understand. Do you understand perfecting and consumer cost on the free market. If you did, you wouldn't be making ridiculous comments. maybe in about 20 or 30 years this would be our future but you can't shut off the only transportation energy that is working for us like a light switch.
stratus37 3 years ago
thats not even the point i live in the big city and my kid has asthma, i wonder i f it had anything to do with the brown sky everyday?
kevmarkpat 3 years ago
tesla roadster is faster than a farrai and a porsche
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
rav ev and the ev could do 80 mph
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
anyone ever heard of peak oil lol
ra2622ra 3 years ago
iwas at the sonic getting burgers and the guy next to me woulnd turn oof his f350 so we all got to eat desiel burgers yuk.you can keep your oil.
kevmarkpat 3 years ago
and you might wanna see why GMs stock is the lowest since 1930 watch (how killed the electric car) and youll know why nissan,misubishi,subaru,bmw and more have all electrics ready to go NOW and GM is way behind the curve
soulcleanser42 3 years ago
Electric car??? Good for commuting but get out of my way!!
stratus37 3 years ago
watch electric cars racing
soulcleanser42 3 years ago