First this is a hot political issue and I don't think that this is the forum
for it. THAT SAID, I cannot sit by and listen to the simplistic statements that
I see regarding this issue.
I agree that SUV's guzzle an inordinate amount of gas - I think the solution is
to get the manufacterers to build more efficient engines. I do not think you
should prevent or penalize people from buying them. I'm old enough to remember
when two seater sportscars were considered to be death traps. There were people
who wanted to prevent their sale on the grounds that they were just too
dangerous.
I'm not an oil man or engineer but everything I've read leads me to conclude
that there is not nearly enough oil up in Alaska to warrant the desecration of
pristine wilderness. Would you consider dismantling a showcar in order to get
some nuts and bolts that you need?
For those who would say it's only a pipeline, consider this. A thin scratch
across The Mona Lisa.
Finally, I am one of those people who believe that the US will have all the oil
it needs - sold to us by the Arab states, Venezuala, and Russia. Here's a
question for you to ponder. Why is it that OPEC cannot get together and simply
raise oil prices. Although at first glance it seems that it would be in all of
their interests, in reality it's not. Some OPEC countries have relatively small
amounts of oil others have vast amounts and it is this disparity that keeps
individual countries from agreeing upon constantly higher oil prices.
Those countries that don't have much, want to get the highest prices for their
oil while they still have some. Those countries that have huge oil reserves are
afraid that as oil prices go higher, more money will go to developing an
alternative to oil, a reasonable fear. If one is found, they lose untold
amounts of money, and so it is in their interests to keep the prices from
constantly rising.
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