[humint]

Amir Taheri was born in Iran and educated in Tehran, London and Paris. Between 1980 and 1984 he was Middle East editor for the London Sunday Times. Taheri has been a contributor to the International Herald Tribune since 1980. He has also written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Taheri has published nine books some of which have been translated into 20 languages, and In 1988 Publishers'' Weekly in New York chose his study of Islamist terrorism, "Holy Terror", as one of The Best Books of The Year. He has been a columnist Asharq Alawsat since 1987

[GeronL]

A Republican Plan for alternative clean energy

[308MBR]

It will never happen until the price of petroleum fuels outweighs the cost and aggravation of alternative sources. Believe me, there is a LOT of aggravation in alternative fuels in daily operation compared to petroleum products.

Bring on the $8.00/gal gasoline and diesel! Until then, stop whining.

[Schweinhund]

Hm, I think it's a little keen to hint that Germany is trailing behind the US in the question of energy security. I would even say we're at the forefront with ecological energy production and the hydrogen cell, and the debacle with that crook Schroeder indicates that while he was making sure it was to his benefit, he was at least asking the right questions about Germany's future needs.

[USF]

>Thomas Gold PING.

[NormsRevenge]

In every case, the strategy adopted is aimed at reducing dependence on imported oil and natural gas by developing alternative sources of energy, notably nuclear.

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nuclear,, not solar, not hydro,, ,, nuclear

Thanks for posting this

[spinestein]

[...age of oil would not end simply because supplies might run out. After all, he quipped, the Stone Age did not come to a close because the world was short of stones. What brought the Stone Age to an end was a cultural and political sea change that, in turn, inspired a technological revolution that developed alternatives to stone.]


Correct. Fossil fuels will never again be cheaper than they are now but must become progressively more expensive, as the supply is nonrenewable and the demand for energy can only increase exponentially. At some point in the next few decades, alternatives will make more economic sense for everyday mass energy use, and gasoline will be a luxury fuel, like when "Grampa Steve" takes his antique 2006 Dodge Viper out for a spin. :^)

[Mac1]

Thanks for posting. I've only read a small number of this bloke's articles which I've found to be reasoned, logical, unemotional opinion as well as being informative. This didn't disappoint.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Went out today and began cutting cordwood against the winter of 2006 - 2007. Nearby town has banned woodburning for the sake of its precious astmatics so an important source of past competition, townies, is now removed. Plenty of dead wood due to drought and pine bark beetle damage.
This year's plan involves bringing in two years worth of heat on the chance (very real) that next years' gas transportation expenses will be higher. By first snowfall I anticipate three year's worth of stacked and split wood in my yard. Then I can settle back by the stove with a good book and my Alladin lamp. Yessir, us country boys will survive.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Oh you bet it's coming to an end!....just what the radical left in this country wanted...all of us living in mud huts and peddling bikes to work in 140 degree summer heat and 40 below winter weather and each one wearing gas masks at work because the guy in the cubicle next to you has sweat problems that smell like a 2 week old dead cow!

[DustyMoment]

Is the Oil Era Coming to an End?

Not until there is a plan in place for a cheap, renewable source of energy. At that time, I hopwe tell every Arab nation and every tinpot S. American despot to go pound sand. In the meantime, wqe should be drilling in ANWR and every coastal deposit there is.