CNN-YouTube Debate - Peak Oil - Baratunde

This question is for all Democratic candidates in the CNN/YouTube debate on July 23, 2007.

My name is Baratunde Thurston (bear-uh-TOON-day), and I live in Somerville, Mass.

The question is about peak oil and your ideas for how America should prepare for a world without oil

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News & Politics

Tags:

• cnn
• youtube
• debate
• democratic
• peak
• oil
• baratunde
• energy
• policy

[eeogan]

It's all about R&D which is being squashed. Take the California VS EPA issue for instance. 1-20-09 is when we'll really start seeing changes.

[baratunde]

eeogan i'd like to believe you but check out the Farm Bill this week. Pelosi is all excited about the Ethanol promotion in the bill. Ethanol is a HORRIBLE idea from every angle: energy efficiency, land use, food supply and environmental damage.

We need to be on everyone to keep 'em honest

[baratunde]

thanks for the support yall. i'll try again with the republican debate. meanwhile, you can read my debate coverage at baratunde . com / blog should be up shortly under "twitter updates" for july 23. peace

[ajkandy]

At current rates of use, the ANWR oil would last about 6 months, most experts say. So thanks for playing, but no. :) The better short-term solution is: use public transit - walk - bike - join a car-sharing service - live locally - drive a high efficiency vehicle if you must.

[trainluvr]

We are looking for external solutions to a systemic problem, infinite wants butting up against finite energy supply. The politicians can't save us because they are answerable to a system designed only for endless growth to satisfy endless wants. We need international cooperation, personal sacrifice and a turn away from globalization. We will instead have the exact opposite. Prepare for a resource limited future, the government can't do it for you.

[randomfoo]

Killer question! Keep it up my friend!

[UnderseaCaveman]

great question

[gazzyjeanne]

If you ask government to have a plan for oil, you are asking for a disaster on top of a disaster, sort of like FEMA and the Corp of Engineers handled the Katrina disaster. Already, politicians have caused a large amount of resources to be squandered on the non solution of ethanol.

[FaeMM]

well said

[GXSRman]

answer: Drill in alaska and keep it for ourselves like Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, ect. Many a problem solved, my pupil.