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Originally Posted by vfr99999  Consumption and Bush to blame. Most manufacturing jobs went out of the country way before Bush Mostly to China and Mexico The Clintons were a big help here. China and India and other countries had huge growth = more oil consumption= more demand=high prices for everyone. When you increase the income of millions of people the standard of their living goes up = modern energy consuming life style. Loss of jobs = less money staying in or coming into USA. The people who think burning some wood is hoing to insulate then from the decline of the country due to decades of politics and complaceny are kidding themselves |
I agree with everything you say, I believe this to be the root of most of our problems. There is no fucking way wood is going to bail anybody out of anything. It's free heat for me at this point, the investment has paid for itself. All I have to do is the labor part, which I like. I save $2000 a year at it. As the cost of heat goes up, I save more. It's within my control now. I use some fluorescent bulbs, and do some other stuff, just to lower my monthly bills.
Gas isn't expensive enough yet to make me to find a vehicle that gets better than 14 MPG, yet. I'm saying, I think it will take $10 gas(o.k. maybe $6.50) for any real effort by the American people or our government to to try and conserve and take advantage or invest in what is free, cheap, or clean, or all three. I don't see a lot of it going on from where I sit. I know I'm not doing much.
I don't know what our next fuel source will/should be. I think we'll be burning expensive gasoline for a while because it'll still be cheaper than finding something better. The price will keep going up because demand will most likely do the same. I feel the next president will most likely be dealing with more of the effect part of cause and effect. As a country we got rich over the last fifteen years and pocketed the money rather than putting it toward something sensible.