Subj : Re: Canadian oil
To   : Finnigann
From : Deuce
Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 13:09:00

  Re: Re: Canadian oil
  By: Finnigann to Deuce on Fri Sep 02 2005 06:17:00

 > I am getting the feeling that your just picking nits here. So let me restate
 > opinion in hopes that it will clear this up.
 > 
 > The world is going to need alternate sources of energy. Sooner or later the
 > pertorelum will run out[1] The sooner that an alternate(s) are found the
 > cheaper the conversion can be. If there is a long over lap of petroelum and
 > this undiscovered alternate, so much the better. I think in this case long i
 > better. I have no quarrels with however you get to work Ford pinto or horse
 > back. But please acknowledge the fact that your options are not everyones
 > options. A whole lot of the world has to spend alot of money on their energy
 > needs - today.

Actually, I'm reminding people of some uncomfortable bits of the Real World
that seem to get glossed over repeatedly.  I completely agree that an alternate
energy source will be needed.  I welcome any alternative energy technologies
which appear.  I support all the current government incentives to develop and
deploy them.  I actually think that the US and Canadian governments are doing
an excellent job in this regard.

However, many people have lost touch with the fact that nobody has found this
new energy technology despite decades of searching.  As things currently sit,
we will end up settling for a worse technology due to economic pressure (my
money is on natural gas, but it could be almost anything).

As things sit there, we need to keep the existing stuff going.  This does mean
building more refineries, drilling more wells, more pipelines, research into
alternative sources for gasoline, diesel, kerosene, propane, etc.  Under no
circumstances should this R&D be slowed to help in the development of an
alternative energy system.  As I previously pointed out, BOTH lines of research
must be maintained at high levels until the alternative energy folks hit on
something better than oil-based tech.

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