New Direction

Alright...I haven't posted in a while, but I have been doing a lot of research. I am starting a new series on this blog. I know everybody has an opinion about the current issues and what is facing our country at the moment. Well, here comes mine...I think that our current situation in this country has everyone freaking out about oil prices. All you hear is "the price of gas"..."the price of oil"..."what can we do to produce more"..."where are all of our reserves". Well in my opinion, (which counts for absolutely nothing) we are focusing on the wrong issue. We are worried about how to make more, but forgetting that we need to reduce what we are using now. Do you know that in 2007 the U.S. accounted for 24% of the total worlds oil consumption per day at almost 21 million barrels per day. (B.P. statistical review of World Energy) While only producing 8% of the world's oil. (same source) I'm not saying that if we reduce our consumption it would have an affect on gas prices very much, but I am saying that we would be able to cope better with rising prices if we didn't use as much!

There is also a theory about the world peak in oil production. If you watch the news shows at all, you will see the commentators making comments about "Peak Oil". This theory is basically that we have to take into consideration that our oil resources are finite. Their is only a certain amount, and their will be a peak in production and will only go down from that peak. A swedish researcher predicts that that peak will be somewhere between now and 2018. (fox news) There will be a lot more posts about this topic in the future!!!

Research has also showed me that all of the alternatives for oil production will only be band-aids for the really big problem that we have in america!!! e.g Oil Shale in Montana, the Alakskan National Wildlife Reserve (from now on ANWR), the Bakken Formation. Those facts will come in later posts. OOOO teaser..

but for now...to be continued...

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