Comments on: Earth To Chuck Baldwin! http://floydturbeville.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/earth-to-chuck-baldwin/ Come on in, there's plenty of seats. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:49:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Boyd Livingstone http://floydturbeville.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/earth-to-chuck-baldwin/#comment-69 Boyd Livingstone Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:42:13 +0000 http://floydturbeville.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-69 I happen to rub shoulders primarily with Americans who have calculators, but fail to do any research when they are told what to believe. And speaking of big gorillas, they really think Bigfoot has just been found down in Georgia and that gas will drop back to $1.25. They agree with Chuck - let's pillage American soils and be independent of foreign oil for thousands of years, driving down the costs of gasoline to $.39 in the process. Awhile back, a guy at work as speaking to me of a huge 1 billion gallon deposit that was just found but untapped. When I doubted that the 10 million it might take to develop the infrastructure over the next five years to access it and get it on line for an end result of a mere two month reprieve in supply would result in any meaningful deflation in price, I was greeted with a vacant stare. "Ooh, you must have stock in BP!" No, I fear Chuck will accomplish what he is seeking. Most folks are angry when they leave the pump and are grasping at any news that is pleasing. But to check facts with figures? No, that is too exerting, particularly when the prime time programming is so thoughtful and provoking. It's also time to get stocked up on fantasy football periodicals, which may require a calculator, but for little meaningful purpose. While the recent spike in crude oil may be somewhat of an aberration in the short term, it is too bad that the recent spike in price has done so little to address the intrinsic issue of peak oil. Sure, we might come up with a short term solution that could ease things for ten years, but what about our children? Our grandchildren? Now if Chuck would just pledge to make the oil companies pay for the gasoline tax, then maybe we could get somewhere. Hhmmm... is that Constitutional? I happen to rub shoulders primarily with Americans who have calculators, but fail to do any research when they are told what to believe. And speaking of big gorillas, they really think Bigfoot has just been found down in Georgia and that gas will drop back to $1.25. They agree with Chuck – let’s pillage American soils and be independent of foreign oil for thousands of years, driving down the costs of gasoline to $.39 in the process. Awhile back, a guy at work as speaking to me of a huge 1 billion gallon deposit that was just found but untapped. When I doubted that the 10 million it might take to develop the infrastructure over the next five years to access it and get it on line for an end result of a mere two month reprieve in supply would result in any meaningful deflation in price, I was greeted with a vacant stare. “Ooh, you must have stock in BP!”

No, I fear Chuck will accomplish what he is seeking. Most folks are angry when they leave the pump and are grasping at any news that is pleasing. But to check facts with figures? No, that is too exerting, particularly when the prime time programming is so thoughtful and provoking. It’s also time to get stocked up on fantasy football periodicals, which may require a calculator, but for little meaningful purpose.

While the recent spike in crude oil may be somewhat of an aberration in the short term, it is too bad that the recent spike in price has done so little to address the intrinsic issue of peak oil. Sure, we might come up with a short term solution that could ease things for ten years, but what about our children? Our grandchildren?

Now if Chuck would just pledge to make the oil companies pay for the gasoline tax, then maybe we could get somewhere. Hhmmm… is that Constitutional?

]]> By: Homesteader Life » Blog Archive » “What’s Chuck Smoking” and a Word or Two about Politics http://floydturbeville.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/earth-to-chuck-baldwin/#comment-68 Homesteader Life » Blog Archive » “What’s Chuck Smoking” and a Word or Two about Politics Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:44:59 +0000 http://floydturbeville.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-68 [...] friend Floyd recently wrote about something stupid that Chuck Baldwin, the CP candidate for President, said about oil. Its worth [...] [...] friend Floyd recently wrote about something stupid that Chuck Baldwin, the CP candidate for President, said about oil. Its worth [...]

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