Re: "Drill here. Drill now. Pay less." So say the terminal gluttons.

On Jul 22, 11:30=A0pm, Major Debacle <Major_Debacle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> hot-ham-and-che...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jul 22, 10:38 pm, Enough Already <enough_alre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> That subject-line was seen in the form of a bumper sticker on a late
> >> model Dodge Charger; a Hemi-powered ego trip with lousy gas mileage
> >> when driven as intended.
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> >> The general translation of that attitude is "To hell with what's left
> >> of nature, I want my V-8 and I wanna run it cheap. Gimme, gimme,
> >> gimme!" Chrysler in general seems to snub fuel efficiency, marketing
> >> cars with a $3/gallon for 3 years gimmick. The nation should really
be
> >> welcoming expensive gas as a forcing agent for clean energy. Instead,
> >> we see people falling back on the mindset of destroying more nature
> >> when gluttony hits a wall. There is only so much forgiveness of that
> >> mentality on a finite planet.
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> >> It also seems like the owner of that vehicle and signers of same-
> >> slogan petitions haven't done much math. Is Rush not telling them
that
> >> America burns 7.6 BILLION barrels of oil each year, rendering most
> >> "large" new discoveries minuscule? We may be lucky to get 10 billion
> >> barrels from ANWR, and it's many years off, even when the permanent
> >> tra****ng of that landscape begins. The argument is that _people_
don't
> >> live there so how can it be worth a damn? Read up on
anthropocentrism.
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> >> On a daily basis, the U.S. consumes 21 million barrels of oil, which
> >> is bound to rise as our population increases by 3 million annually
(75
> >> million worldwide). It will take serious frugality to even keep
> >> consumption stable with those numbers. I just don't see it happening,
> >> and nature will pay a heavy price until everyone wises up.
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> >> Per Bush himself, American coastal drilling may yield 18 billion
> >> barrels; less than 3 years of our insatiable needs, and years off as
> >> well. Meanwhile, the world keeps getting thirstier thanks to
> >> overpopulation and Asian nations chasing American bling-bling. There
> >> is a huge dichotomy between the deluge of GreenSpeak and people's
> >> ****cine behavior.
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> >> E.A.
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> >>http://enough_already.tripod.com/
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> >> Earth to human race: Drop some of your needs!
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> > Ummm, how does driving a car or drilling for oil destroy nature?
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> > Do you realize that with every breath you take, you steal a breath
> > from a cute little baby seal?
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None of my breaths take away from the baby seals, just all the hot air
from environmentalist whackos.