The U.S. Is Poised to Hit a New Oil Gusher

[Gaby&Talbert 1]

The one fosil fuel I want to see increased demand for is natural gas....I get royalties from 4 high producing wells! I hope they drill more on the section I own land. I have been looking for information on where they are exploring next in the US but in the western US it is hard to find land with mineral rights. Apparently the railroads kept them when they sold off all their land.

[Heracles 417]

What About Natural Gas?

In 2004, natural gas accounted for about 19 percent of the U.S. electricity mix. Use of natural gas is projected to increase dramatically in the next two decades if we continue on our current path, but supplies are limited and imports are increasing. Our growing reliance on natural gas combined with limited supplies makes this fuel subject to price spikes, which can have a significant impact on consumer energy costs. In addition, though natural gas is much cleaner than coal or oil, it does produce global warming emissions when burned. So, while the use of natural gas serves as a good transition to a cleaner future, it is not the ultimate solution.

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewab...reen-power.html

Interesting. Correct me if I am wrong here but was it not the residents of the greatest state in the world who kicked and screamed about a Gas terminal off the coast of Califooooooooornia..

Edited April 4, 2008 by Boo-Yah!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

What About Natural Gas?

In 2004, natural gas accounted for about 19 percent of the U.S. electricity mix. Use of natural gas is projected to increase dramatically in the next two decades if we continue on our current path, but supplies are limited and imports are increasing. Our growing reliance on natural gas combined with limited supplies makes this fuel subject to price spikes, which can have a significant impact on consumer energy costs. In addition, though natural gas is much cleaner than coal or oil, it does produce global warming emissions when burned. So, while the use of natural gas serves as a good transition to a cleaner future, it is not the ultimate solution.

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewab...reen-power.html

Interesting. Correct me if I am wrong here but was it not the residents of the greatest state in the world who kicked and screamed about a Gas terminal off the coast of Califooooooooornia..

I don't know and I'm not sure what you're getting at either.

The above website (www.ucsusa.org) is a great resource though - you should check it out.

The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.

[Heracles 417]

Interesting. Correct me if I am wrong here but was it not the residents of the greatest state in the world who kicked and screamed about a Gas terminal off the coast of Califooooooooornia..

I don't know and I'm not sure what you're getting at either.

BHP was going to build a LNG terminal off the coast of California but as I recall the residents kicked and screamed about it. Not only is this a cleaner burning fuel for household use but it could also be used in vehicles as we do down under. It costs around $2 a gallon..

Opponents also have argued the terminal would not meet clean air requirements and could be a terrorist target. A host of celebrities who live in Malibu, including Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry, have protested the proposal.

What kills me is how the same people who go on and on and on about how 'progressive' they are, are usually the same people complaining about anything new. This would have greatly helped met the energy needs of the middle to lower income families there and elsewhere.

[Gaby&Talbert 1]

give all the people complaining some nice royalty checks and they will get quiet fast. I know the area they are drilling for natural gas where I have land the only reason everyone isn't screaming is because so many are getting money. We leased 20 acres for a compression station which ruined the land for development because of the noise. I am glad I don't live there but my mother said the noise it worth it because of the lease money. The nearest neighbor is about half a mile away luckily. Unfortunately the thing is on the section I iherited so later if people complain I will have to deal with it. When the lease expires I am going to ask for a whole lot more if they want to keep it running.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

give all the people complaining some nice royalty checks and they will get quiet fast. I know the area they are drilling for natural gas where I have land the only reason everyone isn't screaming is because so many are getting money. We leased 20 acres for a compression station which ruined the land for development because of the noise. I am glad I don't live there but my mother said the noise it worth it because of the lease money. The nearest neighbor is about half a mile away luckily. Unfortunately the thing is on the section I iherited so later if people complain I will have to deal with it. When the lease expires I am going to ask for a whole lot more if they want to keep it running.

I think BY is trying to make the argument that liberals don't really mean what they say, which is an ongoing theme he manages to inject in just about every topic. Yes, it's the liberals fault.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

give all the people complaining some nice royalty checks and they will get quiet fast. I know the area they are drilling for natural gas where I have land the only reason everyone isn't screaming is because so many are getting money. We leased 20 acres for a compression station which ruined the land for development because of the noise. I am glad I don't live there but my mother said the noise it worth it because of the lease money. The nearest neighbor is about half a mile away luckily. Unfortunately the thing is on the section I iherited so later if people complain I will have to deal with it. When the lease expires I am going to ask for a whole lot more if they want to keep it running.

I think BY is trying to make the argument that liberals don't really mean what they say, which is an ongoing theme he manages to inject in just about every topic. Yes, it's the liberals fault.

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

give all the people complaining some nice royalty checks and they will get quiet fast. I know the area they are drilling for natural gas where I have land the only reason everyone isn't screaming is because so many are getting money. We leased 20 acres for a compression station which ruined the land for development because of the noise. I am glad I don't live there but my mother said the noise it worth it because of the lease money. The nearest neighbor is about half a mile away luckily. Unfortunately the thing is on the section I iherited so later if people complain I will have to deal with it. When the lease expires I am going to ask for a whole lot more if they want to keep it running.

I think BY is trying to make the argument that liberals don't really mean what they say, which is an ongoing theme he manages to inject in just about every topic. Yes, it's the liberals fault.

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

It also leads to itchy skin and high hemoglobin count.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

True too.

[Tyrobe 1]

give all the people complaining some nice royalty checks and they will get quiet fast. I know the area they are drilling for natural gas where I have land the only reason everyone isn't screaming is because so many are getting money. We leased 20 acres for a compression station which ruined the land for development because of the noise. I am glad I don't live there but my mother said the noise it worth it because of the lease money. The nearest neighbor is about half a mile away luckily. Unfortunately the thing is on the section I iherited so later if people complain I will have to deal with it. When the lease expires I am going to ask for a whole lot more if they want to keep it running.

I think BY is trying to make the argument that liberals don't really mean what they say, which is an ongoing theme he manages to inject in just about every topic. Yes, it's the liberals fault.

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

It also leads to itchy skin and high hemoglobin count.

[Peikko 1,575]

give all the people complaining some nice royalty checks and they will get quiet fast. I know the area they are drilling for natural gas where I have land the only reason everyone isn't screaming is because so many are getting money. We leased 20 acres for a compression station which ruined the land for development because of the noise. I am glad I don't live there but my mother said the noise it worth it because of the lease money. The nearest neighbor is about half a mile away luckily. Unfortunately the thing is on the section I iherited so later if people complain I will have to deal with it. When the lease expires I am going to ask for a whole lot more if they want to keep it running.

I think BY is trying to make the argument that liberals don't really mean what they say, which is an ongoing theme he manages to inject in just about every topic. Yes, it's the liberals fault.

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

What on earth is this meant to mean? Who in this instance are the 'liberals' what are they 'guilty about' and what is the political correctness that prevents them from being honest and what is it they should be being honest about?

If you are going to make a broad generlisation at least make it relate to something - if you can

[one...two...tree 2,762]

give all the people complaining some nice royalty checks and they will get quiet fast. I know the area they are drilling for natural gas where I have land the only reason everyone isn't screaming is because so many are getting money. We leased 20 acres for a compression station which ruined the land for development because of the noise. I am glad I don't live there but my mother said the noise it worth it because of the lease money. The nearest neighbor is about half a mile away luckily. Unfortunately the thing is on the section I iherited so later if people complain I will have to deal with it. When the lease expires I am going to ask for a whole lot more if they want to keep it running.

I think BY is trying to make the argument that liberals don't really mean what they say, which is an ongoing theme he manages to inject in just about every topic. Yes, it's the liberals fault.

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

What on earth is this meant to mean? Who in this instance are the 'liberals' what are they 'guilty about' and what is the political correctness that prevents them from being honest and what is it they should be being honest about?

If you are going to make a broad generlisation at least make it relate to something - if you can

PH, just get used to it...we're the scorned ones of the earth. We might as well wear a big L on all our clothing so non-liberals can keep a safe distance.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

What on earth is this meant to mean? Who in this instance are the 'liberals' what are they 'guilty about' and what is the political correctness that prevents them from being honest and what is it they should be being honest about?

If you are going to make a broad generlisation at least make it relate to something - if you can

Liberals are generally politically correct. Political correctness by definition is not honest. Connect the dots. Liberal guilt?

Liberal guilt is caused by:

1. not being black, Hispanic, Asian, gay, Native American, "differently abled," bisexual, suffering from any disease, or poor, or any combination of the above, or

2. being held responsible (by any or all of the above) for all possible repression or oppression, past, present, or future, that may or may not have occurred toward any of the above mentioned groups, or any combination of the above groups (i.e., bisexual Asian midgets with ADD, etc.) or

3. just being a white man.

Note that this is a variant of white guilt. The two often appear interchangeable, but don't be fooled -- there are differences. Liberal guilt in its purest form usually involves any or all of the following:

1. Obsessively sorting household refuse for recycling, then transporting said recycling to the recycling center in a behemoth of an SUV;

2. Involvement in any number of cost-ineffective nonprofit organizations, which must boast slick yet "natural"-looking brochures and periodicals;

3. Spending one's time and energy trying to change/heal/Oprahfy the world not via any sorts of actions, but rather by participation in hackneyed and blasphemous imitations of Eastern religion, positive thinking/visualization, and/or extreme usage of scented candles; and

4. Buying organic.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Liberal_guilt

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

What on earth is this meant to mean? Who in this instance are the 'liberals' what are they 'guilty about' and what is the political correctness that prevents them from being honest and what is it they should be being honest about?

If you are going to make a broad generlisation at least make it relate to something - if you can

Liberals are generally politically correct. Political correctness by definition is not honest. Connect the dots. Liberal guilt?

Liberal guilt is caused by:

1. not being black, Hispanic, Asian, gay, Native American, "differently abled," bisexual, suffering from any disease, or poor, or any combination of the above, or

2. being held responsible (by any or all of the above) for all possible repression or oppression, past, present, or future, that may or may not have occurred toward any of the above mentioned groups, or any combination of the above groups (i.e., bisexual Asian midgets with ADD, etc.) or

3. just being a white man.

Note that this is a variant of white guilt. The two often appear interchangeable, but don't be fooled -- there are differences. Liberal guilt in its purest form usually involves any or all of the following:

1. Obsessively sorting household refuse for recycling, then transporting said recycling to the recycling center in a behemoth of an SUV;

2. Involvement in any number of cost-ineffective nonprofit organizations, which must boast slick yet "natural"-looking brochures and periodicals;

3. Spending one's time and energy trying to change/heal/Oprahfy the world not via any sorts of actions, but rather by participation in hackneyed and blasphemous imitations of Eastern religion, positive thinking/visualization, and/or extreme usage of scented candles; and

4. Buying organic.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Liberal_guilt

Man, that is so right on it stings...ouch.

[Imua 0]

So if you are white but have a disability this means you don't have to be self-hating anymore??? Coool!!! That counts me out!!!

Anyway, I didn't feel like wading through 11 pages of political mudslinging but just wanted to say that I hope this means we are going to feel justified in continuing living the same way with suburban sprawl and huge SUVs... the Peak Oil people may be extreme but whether the peak has already happened or whether this delays it some the oil will eventually run out, this merely postpones the crash... I agree with James Howard Kunstler that we need to reshape the way we have built America in the last 50 years from being so car-centric to being more based on public transit - think Europe.. Not only is it better for the environment but it is better for people with disabilities who can't or shouldn't drive(think the elderly in Florida with no choice but to drive, even if they are nearly blind...) And maybe then there will be oil left over for our grandchildren and great grandchildren... if we keep building more McMansions and SUVs then we are screwed. And the worst thing India and China could do is to copy the wasteful American suburban lifestyle... there needs to be a happy medium, not suburban sprawl or overcrowding but maybe like the streetcar suburbs of the early 20th century... of course this won't happen because the car companies have become too powerful, they bought up all the streetcar lines and the people have just shrugged and accepted the car culture because there hasn't been an alternative... There is such a demand to live in NYC because(among other reasons of course) it is the only city with 24/7/365 convenient public transit widely spread over the whole metro area - in most places in America it is a vicious circle, there is little transit so people choose to drive, thus the transit system is underfunded and cuts service...what to do... Most baby boomers and Gen Xers have little saved for retirement... imagine if instead of driving and maintaining a car for 40 years you took public transit, all the money you could save...

Liberal guilt and political correctness prevents liberals from being honest.

What on earth is this meant to mean? Who in this instance are the 'liberals' what are they 'guilty about' and what is the political correctness that prevents them from being honest and what is it they should be being honest about?

If you are going to make a broad generlisation at least make it relate to something - if you can

Liberals are generally politically correct. Political correctness by definition is not honest. Connect the dots. Liberal guilt?

Liberal guilt is caused by:

1. not being black, Hispanic, Asian, gay, Native American, "differently abled," bisexual, suffering from any disease, or poor, or any combination of the above, or

2. being held responsible (by any or all of the above) for all possible repression or oppression, past, present, or future, that may or may not have occurred toward any of the above mentioned groups, or any combination of the above groups (i.e., bisexual Asian midgets with ADD, etc.) or

3. just being a white man.

Note that this is a variant of white guilt. The two often appear interchangeable, but don't be fooled -- there are differences. Liberal guilt in its purest form usually involves any or all of the following:

1. Obsessively sorting household refuse for recycling, then transporting said recycling to the recycling center in a behemoth of an SUV;

2. Involvement in any number of cost-ineffective nonprofit organizations, which must boast slick yet "natural"-looking brochures and periodicals;

3. Spending one's time and energy trying to change/heal/Oprahfy the world not via any sorts of actions, but rather by participation in hackneyed and blasphemous imitations of Eastern religion, positive thinking/visualization, and/or extreme usage of scented candles; and

4. Buying organic.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Liberal_guilt