Posted by AuntieMel on December 3, 2004, at 16:57:42
In reply to Throwing my hat in about alternatives » AuntieMel, posted by 64bowtie on December 3, 2004, at 15:55:59
Actually, the price of oil doesn't affect the industry employment in the US near as much as natural gas.
I'm curious what your idea is, though I've been in the biz long enough to be wary of anyone saying "I have a scheme." It's usually some <supposedly> third world national promising to give you a cut if you provide him a bank account to helo him smuggle out his millions. <grin>
And I don't know how long they've been predicting we'll run out of oil soon. The technology to find it and retrieve it just keeps improving so much that it hasn't really been a danger yet. <all bets are off when us "old-timers" retire>
Anyway - natural gas. Cleaner to use, won't stick to the wildlife or make tarballs on the beaches - all around a better choice until solar or hydrogen methods become cost effective. Think of how much it would help if just the heating oil furnaces converted to gas.
And, selfishly, it would certainly help me and my bank account. Folks like me are becomming hard to get and an increase in gas demand would sure be a boost. So far there isn't a practical way to import it - there is some LNG import, but it's not common yet.
There was a bumper sticker around here after the '86 bust. "Please, God, give me just one more boom. I promise not to <mess> it up this time"
Interesting thing I saw this morning.
http://www.hgs.org/en/cev/?293
<<and this type of thing is what I had in mind when I wanted this board...>>
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