Great advance for the fuel-cell car, no explosive gas on board

[crazyjr]

For those watching the news. Mcain is pushing legeslation, that will eliminate the moratorium on contential shelf drilling. It will still be up to each state to allow it, but the federal giudlines could be dropped. They also could increase the sharing of the profits to each state to allow the drilling to happen.

When i started this thread, I wasn't a greenie by any idea. I been fastinated by electric cars. I know the short term answer for oil independance, is home drilling. Now if the government would get off the green horse and fix things in the economy, we could see middle east independance, then invest in green tech

Originally Posted by crazyjr

For those watching the news. Mcain is pushing legeslation, that will eliminate the moratorium on contential shelf drilling. It will still be up to each state to allow it, but the federal giudlines could be dropped. They also could increase the sharing of the profits to each state to allow the drilling to happen.

When i started this thread, I wasn't a greenie by any idea. I been fastinated by electric cars. I know the short term answer for oil independance, is home drilling. Now if the government would get off the green horse and fix things in the economy, we could see middle east independance, then invest in green tech

down here in arizona you would think solar energy would be a top priority with over 300 days of sunshine per year....
but no...its something I dont understand. At present it would cost me about $40k to install a 4kw solar syestem on my house I would love to do this but it would take over 10 yrs to see the cost benifits and when the average home buyer will stay in thier home for 5yrs it doesnt make much sense...the government does offer some kickbacks but that cost needs to come down under $20k for me to consider it

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by azjc

down here in arizona you would think solar energy would be a top priority with over 300 days of sunshine per year....
but no...its something I dont understand. At present it would cost me about $40k to install a 4kw solar syestem on my house I would love to do this but it would take over 10 yrs to see the cost benifits and when the average home buyer will stay in thier home for 5yrs it doesnt make much sense...the government does offer some kickbacks but that cost needs to come down under $20k for me to consider it

I agree with you, on the new energies technology. Thats why i say, let loose the oil companies to solve our problems now. I read that there is enough oil on the contential shelf, to last for 10 to 12 years, using it exclusively over middle east oil. In the mid west, there is supposed to be 800 million barrels of oil locked in shale. Thats enough, if extracted, to make us an oil giant in the world. I say we look to our oil options for the short term and then invest in green tech when we can develop without pressure

Edit: I forgot to mention, with the coal to oil conversion, we got more coal than the middle east has oil. Using the conversion tech that was pioneered in the early 90's, could be made for about half what the current oil prices are. I'm sure the process has been improved since then