Gas milage

[VEGASRIDER]

At least out west we don't have toll roads. No such things as turnpikes around here. You guys on the east coast and midwest get the double whammy.

 

[HavBlue]

The most radical enviros are delighted with the fuel crisis because it forces massive societal change on us. For years we've heard them say that we don't pay enough for gas, and they cite Europe to back that up. Gore told us in Earth in the Balance that the internal combustion engine is "mankind's greatest enemy". And now they have manufactured climate change alarmism as the perfect lever to reorder the world's economies according to their priorities.

To a very large extent, our problems are self-inflicted.

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A group in the UK successfully won a case against Gore's film stating it was false and suggesting it should never be allowed in schools. Here in the US we aren't that smart but my grandson got into a bit of trouble when it was shown in his high school class and he walked out. Nothing happened when we (adults of the family) jumped down the teachers throat. That film should be banned......

 

[paul1149]

Excellent. IIRC, the UK determined that a statement must be read before showing the film that it's one opinion only. And it just came out that images from that film, supposedly portraying real climate damage, were computer generated, from another film. Even if it is demonstrated that drilling ANWR is completely environmentally friendly, the enviros wouldn't want it. They want less demand for petroleum, not more supply. Thus, no drilling, no new refineries since 1986, etc.

The ironic thing in all this is that while they've been playing demigod with Western economies and political systems, foisting corn and soy ethanol on us, and empowering hostile foreign oil interests, Chinese and Indian development have been coming on like gangbusters, making our eco problems look esoteric in comparison.