Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

What do you think of this?
In order for us to become energy independent, America, needs to come together and fund an apollo type project in our own energy infrastructure. I'm talking balls to the wall type legislation and building here.
Here is a basic outline of what I think would help us best.
1) Tax the profits of the oil companies (up toa certain amount of profits)and use that to invest in alternative energy (primarily nuclear, wind, and solar)
2) Since we are taxing the oil companies profits we should give them the ability to make up on those profits lost by the tax by allowing them to drill offshore and in alaska.
3) Mandate the auto industry to have a fleet average of 35 MPG.
4) Allow states like Montana and West Virginia more exploratory rights to make plants that convert coal into oil (the cost of this is about 75$ A barrel including labor estimates the Dept. of Energy)

Your thoughts?

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

just drill in alaska


/problem solved

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

hemp. problem solved.

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

when you said "apollo mission", i was thinking you meant this:


http://www.launchcomplexmodels.com/P...C-66PC-232.jpg


but yours is good too

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

see, when I read "Apollo Mission" I thought this:

http://www.dawgsonline.com/wp-conten...pollocreed.jpg

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

no shrooms are the answer....you can leave your house with out leaving the couch....[8D]

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

henry ford made a car primarily out of hemp( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxlj6fgQ-ZU ). maybe you should learn something about it.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...UsesOfHemp.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...nia/hemp01.gif
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...rnia/chart.gif

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

You are obsessed. It's official[8D]:D

RE: Energy Independence as an apollo mission?
 

Taxing the profits of oil companies is the most asinine idea going. If there is a windfall profits tax, they will just produce enough to stay below that threshold and take their business elsewhere.

To attain energy independence the Imperial Federal Government needs to get the hell out of the way and let the myraid corporations who know how to produce the energy, cleanly and safely, produce it. Nuclear, coal-fired, natural, wind, you name it.

But NO! Just this past week, the Democratic house voted once again to forbid drilling in ANWAR. I am completely at a loss as to why that is. Please, Ashram, Lizardbreath, anybody, explain to me why they do this?

Have you people ever seen pictures of ANWAR? It's a place that the companies want to drill is in the middle of a fukking mudflat on the edge of the Earth. The oil companies could have the oil out of that place so nice and neatly the mud-guppys wouldn't even know they were there.

The LIBERAL wing of the government is what is ham-stringing the drive towards U.S. energy independence. And thats a fact.