Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 3]

(April 4th, 2008) Congressman Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD] takes the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to speak about Energy.

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lwkyqFB-34
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 2]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=506-2_zxYns
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 3]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyliwrgbLvo
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 4]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEZqOek0KQ
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 5]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYNuGlDXLo
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 6]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llQIfZXt_88
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 7]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvAdLvaCx70

TRANSCRIPT
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77531&id=8519674

Not exactly Jeffersonian, is he? Keep in mind Ron Paul's tip: price of gold and price of oil, parallel lines, fiat-money and price of oil, a roller coaster (fasten your paper-belts).

HIGHLIGHTS

- Ratio of energy available and growth in population... an imbalance between supply and demand [and a debased currency].

- Peak of oil production and compound interest. The U.S. has 2% of the known reserves of oil in the world and uses a fourth [25%] of the world's oil. China is buying up oil reserves wherever they can find them.

- The Hirsch Report by SAIC: The world has never faced a problem like this [Psycho screeching violins].

- Alternatives. Nuclear. Solar and wind energy. Wood. Conventional hydro. Alcohol fuel. The hydrogen economy and the corn ethanol bubble. Geothermal. The tar sands in Canada. The tides. Oil shales. Coal. Breeder reactors. Nuclear fusion. Biomass.

- The Drive Act [will make things worse]. Can't get no satisfaction.

SIDE NOTE: $42 a gallon

"Last year alone, the American forces in Iraq burned through more than 1.1 billion gallons of fuel... A study produced by the U.S. Military Academy estimated that delivering one gallon of fuel to U.S. soldiers in Iraq cost American taxpayers $42 -- and that doesn't include the costs of the fuel itself... the U.S. is spending $923 million per week on fuel-related logistics in Iraq."
http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/oil-iraq-war/1208

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[moonsugar1]

People keep talking about electric cars like thats the answer to something. You fail to understand that there is NO such thing as a green car, oil went into all the machines and factories that make them, oil goes in the vechiles that ship the components to the factory. Oil makes the plastic on the dash and the fibres in the seats, the fluffy dice in the mirror. It makes the Mirror! It drives the vechile that transports your green cars to the showroom.

Not possible when oil, is in decline.

[panstriato2]

@ZeroFuel31 It takes 30 years to replace energy infraestructure, sure it sould be started and invesment in alternatives should be done at a huge scale. But it won`t be enough to save the current paradigm. We need to change our ways and abandon the infinite growth idea.

[controlpopulation]

Oil peaked years ago. Govts and oil companies are lying about the reserves to keep the sheep in line.

[ZeroFuel31]

Google Tesla Motors and Phoenix Electric Vehicles. Mass production of electric vehicles could again make the United States a world leader that manufactures something that is good for our environment and our economy. An added benefit of electric vehicle production is more jobs, improving air quality, and decreasing our dependence on foreign oil.