From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Increases on the production side will have little effect, till we add
additional refining capacity to the mix.  Our refineries run at near 100%
capacity all the time, heck we're even importing refined gasoline to fill
the demand.  Pumping more out of the ground, to replace foreign supplied
crude won't materially help the "crunch".  It MIGHT allow more
crude to flow to the expanding Chinese market though, but I would expect
that newly pumped crude to flow at current market prices.  Heck, having all
of our reserves at the "ready to pump" point, could be
advantageous, when the middle east pumps dry, we could step in an become
the new oil power (yea, right)....

Demand has to go down.  Shelley and I are now car-pooling several days a
week, keeping the Ford Windstar parked, and driving in the 96 Miata (28
MPG), which is nice, both the ride, companion in the car, and good gas
mileage.

Maybe it's also time to "slow us down" again.  I was never fond
of the "Double Nickel" speed limit, but interstate speeds have
gotten WAY out of hand again.  Heck, if you go 5 MPH OVER the speed limit,
you still get run over.

I don't think there is any short term solution, but we're not really
looking at serious long term ones, either.

I, for one, would like to see more "nucular" power
.  The frenzy over problems, IMO, is
grossly over-estimated. The only serious/major plant problem is the
Chernobyl meltdown, and that was fatally flawed design, and blatant
disregard for safety.  I believe France is getting 80+ percent of their
power from nuclear power now.

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> They should go into effect at all until the democraps get on board with
> ANWR
> and other increases on the production side.
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:430dc161{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Not to go into effect immediately, it's a start, not a
"good" start.
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>> news:jnaqg19qb6mvfuosrgra3gh7uk7bqhpm7l{at}4ax.com...
>> > Looks like the administration is going to toughen, at least somenwat,
>> > economy standards on SUVs and light trucks.  It's a good start at
>> > addressing the demand side of the equation.
>> >
>> > http://www.parapundit.com/archives/002957.html
>>
>>
>
>

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