Re: Samuelson on OIl Drilling

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>> >> >> >>> It's in our interest to use up everybody else's oil before
our
>> >> >> >>> own.
>>
>> >> >> >> It's not in our best interest to lower our standard of living
in
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> process, which is what the result will be.
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>> >> >> > It is, in fact, very easy to _raise_ our standards of living 
>> >> >> > while
>> >> >> > reducing oil consumption.
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>> >> >> > For example, as much as 5% of domestic electric consummption is

>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > result
>> >> >> > of instant on fetures in consumer electronics or consumer
>> >> >> > electronics
>> >> >> > that
>> >> >> > are always on (cable modem are surprisingly greedy).
>>
>> >> >> > Using existing technology to change this as new electronics are
>> >> >> > purchased
>> >> >> > would save the average family $12 a month. And at the same time

>> >> >> > it
>> >> >> > would
>> >> >> > eliminate the need for 2 or 3 large electric generating plants.

>> >> >> > Or
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > freed up power could be used to run 200,000 all electric cars.
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>> >> >> > Larry
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>> >> >> >> JG
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>> >> >> >>>     - = -
>> >> >> >>> Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus,
>> >> >> >>> BioStrategist
>> >> >> >>>    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vjp2/vasos.htm
>> >> >> >>>  ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice.  Everything fully
>> >> >> >>> disclaimed.}---
>> >> >> >>>   [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy 
>> >> >> >>> obstructive
>> >> >> >>> guards]
>> >> >> >>> [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Remorse begets zeal] [Windows
is
>> >> >> >>> for
>> >> >> >>> Bimbos]
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>> >> >> Replace every incandescent lamp with a CFL.....how much will that
>> >> >> save?
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>> >> >> Solar heat domestic hot war in our southern states...how much
will
>> >> >> that
>> >> >> save?
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>> >> >> Restore the pre-Reagan energy saving rules...how much will that 
>> >> >> save?
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>> >> >> I'm sure there's a lot more that can be done on the conservation 
>> >> >> side
>> >> >> without reducing our quality of life.
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>> >> >> We only need the leader****p...we surely do not have it in the
>> >> >> Republicans.
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>> >> > You know something, if you want to use a CFL, solar heat, or any 
>> >> > other
>> >> > conservation method go right ahead and do it.  Why on earth, in a 
>> >> > free
>> >> > society, do you need the govt telling you what kind of lightbulb
you
>> >> > need?  Really, is there no end to what you think govt should be 
>> >> > doing
>> >> > for you?
>>
>> >> That's what government is for.
>>
>> >> To " promote the general welfare"
>> >> straight from our constitution
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>> > Oh God, not that again.
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>> Yeah, that again...Our constitution.
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>> I know Republicans don't think much of it.
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> They don't.  Nor do you democrats.  Us Libertarians do.  How you guys
> arrive at the interpretations of the constitution that you do is one
> of the great mysteries of life.

You so called "Libertarians" much more resemble anarchists