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Oil is ‘the fuel of the past,’ says President Obama
Yahoo! News ^ | March 7, 2012 | Olivier Knox |

Posted on 03/07/2012 2:14:01 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed oil as "the fuel of the past" as he made an unapologetic election-year pitch for his alternative energy industry policies and sniped at Republicans over painfully high gasoline prices.

"They get out on the campaign trail—and you and I both know there are no quick fixes to this problem—but listening to them, you'd think there were," he said at a Daimler Truck manufacturing plant in the battleground state of North Carolina.

Obama said that because the United States accounts for 20 percent of the world's consumption of oil but has only 2 percent of its petroleum reserves, "we're not going to be able to just drill our way out of the problem of high gas prices. Anybody who tells you otherwise either doesn't know what they're talking about or they aren't telling you the truth."

"Here is the truth. If we are going to control our energy future, then we've got to have an all-of-the-above strategy," he said in his speech. "We've got to develop every source of American energy—not just oil and gas, but wind power and solar power, nuclear power, biofuels."

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bhofascism; drillheredrillnow; envirofascism; greenfraud; nobama2012; obama; obamatruthfile; oil; socialistdemocrats; thegreenlie; youlie
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To: Joe the Pimpernel

nobama...oh so FOS and a lying SOB to boot!!


81 posted on 03/07/2012 4:17:30 PM PST by ldish (Looking forward to Independence Day)
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To: traditional1

And that post Sir, has just made my evening!


82 posted on 03/07/2012 4:22:21 PM PST by BusyBeeLA
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To: ColdOne
OK then use solar to fly around in AF1! How about the beast use solar or wind for that as well.

I wish he was of the past!

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I AGREE WITH THAT

'Drill baby, Drill!'

Barack 'Jackwagon' Obama only hears the voice of those committed to his Marxist vision.

GreenEnergy1
No Plan, No Leadership! -- We much resist! I say we much!

Countdown until Jackwagon leaves Office: 319 days as of March 7, 2012.

83 posted on 03/07/2012 4:28:17 PM PST by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Tallguy

Do you think he really believes the green energy fantasy? Or does he realize it’s all a hoax?


84 posted on 03/07/2012 4:29:25 PM PST by abclily
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To: anoldafvet

“jobs?” We don’t need no stinking jobs, we got a check coming in the mail!!! Thank you massa Obama.


85 posted on 03/07/2012 4:34:25 PM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Have you looked into the source of his 2% figure?


86 posted on 03/07/2012 4:42:36 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Did you try pouring dilithium crystals into the gas tank of your car? How did it run when you did?


87 posted on 03/07/2012 4:45:00 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: abclily
I think that the “Green Energy” initiatives are a way to persuade the ignorant electorate that there ARE alternatives to Oil & Coal, when in fact they aren't even close. This way the government can dismantle the free US economy in favor of the government controlled version. The government economy has a symbiotic relationship with the Democrat Party — a nice ancillary benefit to maintain power.
88 posted on 03/07/2012 4:46:27 PM PST by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This goof knows nothing. Oil will be the fuel of every economy until our children’s children...


89 posted on 03/07/2012 5:05:44 PM PST by karnage
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Fly him to Hawaii on a battery powered plane!


90 posted on 03/07/2012 5:17:29 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

primitive societies used to burn cow chips as fuel.......seems like the prez is advocating bs as the fuel of the future.


91 posted on 03/07/2012 5:56:50 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Hope springs eternal - maybe the Bucs will break .500 this year)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The sun is baking more brains than first thought. There be a whole host of baked brains, but not to worry, algore has a plan (from what have heard) to put out the sun. Zer0 must have subscribed to the same plan.
92 posted on 03/07/2012 7:02:30 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: karnage
Oil will be the fuel of every economy until our children’s children... or ... natural gas. Not the bs kind zer0 throws out his butt, (excuse me) mouth.
93 posted on 03/07/2012 7:06:34 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: combat_boots

I bet the US produces substantially less than 2% of the world’s lithium yet consumes gulps of it making batteries for electronic devices and automobiles. And Obie wants us to become more dependent on big lithium..


94 posted on 03/07/2012 7:33:14 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

“Two words: dilithium crystals”

Thank you! It’s been a l-o-n-g day and that made me LOL!

*BIG SMILE*


95 posted on 03/07/2012 7:54:17 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Joe the Pimpernel
Says the man who just burned enough Fossil Fuels on this Campaign trip to run all the vehicles for my entire extended Family for a year, if not longer.

Oh I'm sorry, it wasn't a Campaign Trip, it was a Presidential visit, appearance, function, fact finding tour, er......
Give me a minute.

96 posted on 03/07/2012 8:03:33 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (New Tagline under construction, please watch your step.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

-——*BIG SMILE*-——

I heard about it on TV ;-)


97 posted on 03/08/2012 5:22:42 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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