Re: No More Dependence on Foreign Oil- Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:53:53 -0400, "Paul E. Schoen"
<pstech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:33:02 GMT, Fred Bloggs <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

http://ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/science/coal.shtml

Of course! But do you think the "greenies" allow it? We can't even
open up the Alaska fields.

...Jim Thompson

It should be possible to mine and process coal without excessive damage to
the environment.

The technology already exists.

The real problem is our (mostly USA) overconsumption and
waste of energy. I consider myself a "reasonable" greenie. I oppose opening
Alaskan oil fields

You oppose it because it would buffalo the Arabs and force them to
lower prices... giving Republicans the victory instead of Democrats...
just like every other leftist weenie ;-)

because it just delays the proper solutions to this
problem, and allows Big Oil and other corporate interests to continue to
make obscene profits

The Arabs are the ones making the "obscene profits". Please tell me
the actual percent of sales that oil PROCESSING companies are
profiting. It's less than a typical retail outlet.

while despoiling the environment for future
generations. My recommendations include:

1. Add a federal surcharge of $2/gallon on gasoline, and give every
individual a $500 transportation tax credit. Use the surplus for vehicular
efficiency research.

***! Just make it $5/gallon. Then only we chosen few can drive...
reduce the traffic ;-)


2. Reduce long haul trucking and replace it with much more efficient rail
transport.

A rail to every business? Rail cost is currently higher than trucking
cost.


3. Make passenger car rail transport cost effective and convenient for long
trips.

4. Use advertising techniques to convince people it is cool and sexy to
drive a vehicle that gets 40+ MPG rather than compensating for sexual
inadequacy and workday frustrations by promoting dragster acceleration and
competitive (rather than cooperative) driving.

This is the USA.


5. Put real money into alternative fuels, hybrid and full electric
technology.

I have a simple 1998 Saturn SL1 which averages 35-40 MPG, and a 1989 Toyota
4WD pickup which I use only when necessary, and it gets about 22 MPG.
Technology exists to double these figures without degrading performance.
Aggressive driving habits will knock 30% off these numbers even with the
most efficient technology. When people actually consider their vehicle and
public roads as tools for transportation, rather than an amusement park
thriller or an arena for competition, our lopsided demand for oil will
become more in line with the rest of the world.

If you want to live like a Europeon, move to Europe.

Most people will not
voluntarily change their habits, so taxation (with rewards for
conservation) is probably the only means that will work.

Gawd! You must be a Democrat... social control through taxation.


As engineers and hobbyists in the field of electronics, we can contribute
by designing systems which can increase efficiency, especially with EVs and
possibly a hybrid conversion kit such as I am attempting to design. See
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/SHAMPAC.htm

Paul E. Schoen
www.pstech-inc.com


Get back to me when you've sold 100.

...Jim Thompson
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