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How healthy is a country that relies on other countries for staples of its economy (oil)?
Oil needs to stop being a staple of this economy. That's just as fucked up as having an economy that revolves on shit people buy at WalMart and Best Buys, none of which is built in this country. In time a lot of other countries in the world are going to be way better off than us because they have mass transit infrastructures that don't rely on petroleum. Not the US. But heaven's forbid we should talk about raising taxes and rebuilding the railroads. Raise taxes to build better bombs to go take oil from other people though, sure.
Oil is not a renewable resource and I just don't get the denial that revolves around this issue.
Americans need to learn to live within their ecological means and stop sucking the life out of this planet like they're the only ones living here.
Eh, what do I care, I'm not expecting grandkids. People with the hopes of grandchildren, different story. The legacy being left to the future is a steaming pile.
“Eliminating the fear that the world is running out of oil eliminates an urgency to experiment with or to implement alternative fuels including biofuels, wind energy, and solar energy as long as these energies remain less energy-efficient, less reliable, and more costly than using oil and natural gas.”
There are, in fact, “more proven petroleum reserves than ever before, despite the increasing rate at which we are consuming petroleum products worldwide” says Dr. Corsi, noting that the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy, in on record that “there are more proven crude oil reserves worldwide than ever in recorded history, despite the fact that worldwide consumption of crude oil has doubled since the 1970s.”
Is oil a renewable resource?
There are, in fact, “more proven petroleum reserves than ever before, despite the increasing rate at which we are consuming petroleum products worldwide” says Dr. Corsi, noting that the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy, in on record that “there are more proven crude oil reserves worldwide than ever in recorded history, despite the fact that worldwide consumption of crude oil has doubled since the 1970s.”
Is oil a renewable resource?
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So let's do a flat tax on every single man, woman and child in the country every year for the government to make renewable fuel investments. If we charged $2,000 per head, that would generate 300M (people) x 2,000 = 600B per year to spend on solving the problem.
So for a family of four, we'd only be talking about $8,000 per year in new taxes. Isn't keeping the future from becoming a "steaming pile" worth that much? Would you be ready to stroke that $8,000 check?
How about a petroleum usage tax? Similar to sales tax on consumers except the government installs petro tracking devises an everyones homes like electric meters, and mandatory mileage reporting requirements for every vehicle. Everyone would have to pay a tax based on total annual usage right down to how many rubber bands each household goes through a year.
Surely everyone who is pro-environment will lineup for the government to track them.
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