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oil dependence - no
global warming - I'm still not sold (a) that 's it's happening outside normal fluctuations that have appeared from time to time in the earth's history and (b) that the magnitude of the problem if it is happening is as scarry as we are being told - (see year 2000 problem, eg)

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However. In the meaning nevertheless, not to come first in its sentence or clause.


Poor:

• The roads were almost impassable. However, we at last succeeded in reaching camp.

Better:

• The roads were almost impassable. At last, however, we succeeded in reaching camp.

When however comes first, it means in whatever way or to whatever extent.

• However you advise him, he will probably do as he thinks best.
  However discouraging the prospect, he never lost heart.

http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk3.html

I just think a reader might be more inclined to believe you are aware of ownership of multi-national petroleum companies if you evidence a basic understanding of traditional rules of grammar.

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Isn't that what Iran is advocating?

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A. Yes, I'm aware of that. Saudi has been incredibly secretive about its reserves so it's all guesswork. But there is certainly cause for concern about the accuracy of their statements.

Reserves and production capacity are not really the same thing, though. Even if Saudi reserves are as high as they claim, they are producing at close to full capacity right now, because of the surge in demand over the past couple of years. So their ability to cut prices is pretty low right now.

B. I don't take the "C-Note for everyone" pander as serious energy policy and didn't think you did either. I thought you were talking more generally. Next time add some emoticons as a helpful guide?

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Solar power for producing electricity, which may be used to charge a car battery, is completely different than solar power used on an actual car. The latter is fantasy. The former is developing and, I believe, may be viable in the next decade. It requires two developments:

1. Plug-in hybrids, rather than the current form. Hybrid cars now charge their battery from the car itself (from the motion of the wheels, or some such... I forget.) You don't plug a hybrid in, and they don't give you that option. (Though there are people who will alter a hybrid for you to allow for this.... the mfrs don't recommend it.)

2. Cheaper solar power. This is happening and has been for some time. The hope is that we get to the "Moore's law" point of doubling power every 18 months.

no, I don't have a hybrid car; I tested one but at the time they didn't have enough power to deal with SF hills. I am considering solar power, which I think would be a cost-benefit for my home given our electricity use and sun exposure.

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Actually, their emissions are usually just liquid water. Which can be recycled into more hydrogen. Hydrogen cells make great batteries, essentially, but you still have to have an original source of energy to create the hydrogen.

Solar could be one of those sources, with no real need to miniturize (but definitely the need to make more efficient).

One advantage of hydrogen is that it can potentially be generated out in the middle of nowhere (assuming you can find water) - which happens to be some of the best places to put solar and wind facilities.

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I will ignore your typical attack-slur, and attempt to answer your laundry list of questions.

I believe clinton is at least more at fault than bush, but I feel casting blame at either is unfair- it was too unpredictible. My post was in response to a post from numbskull that showed gas prices rising sharply since 9/11. ole no brains then made the conclusion that Clinton sure could manage gas prices. i was simply pointing out that it seems 9/11 might well have been the cause of change in gas price, although certainly including the President's responses.

I don't know that he could possibly have envisioned what would happen, and i think we were all lazy and comfortable- sure embassies were blown up- but they were over there. i do think he should have killed/taken OBL BEFORE he left Africa, but of course Ty can cite a blog that will say that was never offered, so probably bill did not have that opportunity.

i think once we knew AQ was involved in the Embassy bombings AND that they were in partnership with the Taliban he should have exercised extreme arm twisting to outright helping the various rebels fighting the Taliban. He did see fit to blow up a hill- why not do something that might be more effective?

As to whether republican senators were calling for more, just remember the President knows more than them- you can't make your Bush lied argument otherwise.


Takes time to get going, but I thought the basic structure of helping the rebels that was used was in a plan on Rice's desk just before 9/11.

in the 4 years or so i have been reading your posts i have not once seen you benefit from this hate you toss about so lightly. why not try to engage in discourse at a higher level?

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For you to have a chance with Eva, you need to learn to read a graph.

The price actually dipped after 9/11. It then rose in the run-up to the invasion, dipped after it appeared we were "successful" and has more or less been rising steadily since it became apparent we were not as successful as we had thought. Worldwide demand has been relatively constant (despite what we here about India and China drinking all our oil), and supply has not changed. Regional instability boosts the futures prices for oil, which are reflected immediately in the price you pay at the pump. W has increased regional instability in a region that has never been all that stable in the first place.

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ummm no. it appears it dipped for a few months right after 9/11 but has been rising steadily since. a short term anomaly like the 2 month dip is irrelevant- unless you can point to something in 11/01 that might otherwise explain the rise.

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It's almost as if fuel use due to travel was drastically curtailed for a period of time, or something.

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great thing about 9/11? we had an addition put on our house- it was quoted 10/01- the builder, afraid that we'd be cautious given all the economic uncertainty, underbid. so we got it done for about 60% of what it should have cost. I mean i know 9/11 sucked for a lot of people but there are silver linings if you look.

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Good thing about 9/11 for me was that it reminded me how much I need to tell the people that I love that I love them, and everyone was very nice to one another for a good period of time afterwards.

I'm glad you got to take something positive away from that awful awful day, too.

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Because I know you'll really, really like it.

Educating our children is important:

http://www.justaplant.com/story/index.html

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It's a little bit tacky and underhanded to promote PLF's first childrens' book on the boards without some kind of disclosure. How much is he cutting you in for?