"kontiki" wrote in message
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Mike Rapoport wrote:

Nobody does, what is your proposed solution?.

Here we are... right back to my original post where I mentioned a couple
of
excellent ones. I'll list them and more he

1) Develop our energy reserves here on this continent. Liberals have
consistently blocked this effort thus prolonging the inevitable.

It has very little to do with liberals or conservatives. You seem to
believe that:
1) There is significant oil to be found in the US. This is not true.
2) It is the right of this generation to use all the natural resources on
the planet.
3) That all availible resources should be extracted to facilitate your (and
my) wasteful consumption.

3) Build some additional refining capacity. Higher prices are due to
higher
demand and he have not built a new refinery in some 30 years. Wait till
refineries switch to heating oil this winter and watch gas prices rise
further.

It is very expensive to add refining capacity. Consider that a refinery
takes at least a square mile of land on the coast at a major port. The
places that really need it (California) have very high real estate prices.
Current refining margins don't justify adding major capacity. Why don't you
invest in natural gas instead of complaining about the price of energy?
That is something YOU can do that will solve YOUR problem.

2) Enforce a consistent nationwide gasoline blend. Refineries have
to produce a multitude of blends for different parts of the country
which reduces production and delivery efficiency and availability and
increases costs.

They have always done this. Gasoline in MN needs to be different from that
in AZ.

4) Plan to build new nuclear power plants that can replace aging
(and in-efficient) fossil fuel plants. Technology marches on yet we
have done nothing in this area. All new (larger) Navy ships us
nuclear power these days and do it very well.

This I agree with, it makes very little sense to burn precious petroleum to
produce electricity.. There was recently a new permit application filed for
a nuclear plant. Hopefullt there will be more.

5) Offer significant (not paltry) tax incentives to people for adding
solar heating or power generation capability to their homes and
businesses.

Why should I (taxpayer) pay people to install inefficient systems? If the
systems really make economic sens, then people will install them without tax
incentives.

6) Reduce the burden of massive government regulations in the
auto industry (and other industries for that matter) so that prices
can be more affordable for cars using hybrid or electric power. When
the cost of these vehicles becomes equal to or less than gasoline
vehicles people will by them.

Why do you think that it is the government that is keeping all this from
happening. Don't you think that it might be YOU and I not buying efficient
cars? WE bought inefficient cars for the past 20yrs so the industry tooled
up to produce them.

WE are the problem, not the "government", not the liberals, not the
conservatives, not the enviornmentalists, not the oil companies and not the
auto companies.