Ah, America! Land of the strong, home of the blame it on anyone but me. Massvm and Tsquared have it right. It's us, the citizens of this country, we want it all, all the power, but at no cost. When the energy crises hit in the early 70's we all jumped to attention. We looked for alternate sources of energy, wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal, wave generation... We cut back on consumption, turning or lights off much less our 1000w amps. we changed the heat and cooling requirements by changing the temperature in our homes. Hell we even changed our homes, better insulation, smaller, more efficient. We alternated shifts in our factories to off hour production. WE- yes we the American public even gave up our cars! Remember when a sales tool was 50 mpg and not 50% bigger than a suburban? My wife and I have for the past 15 years asked, What the hell happened to concerns for energy?
So yes two bad Republican and one bad Democratic White house have paid the tole, and now WE THE MIGHTY AMERICANS demand MORE POWER!! We whine because gasoline prices are approaching the world price threshold. We scream because our power is no longer constant and is subject to fluctuations the rest of the world are used to (at the cost of bowing to the great empire)
WAH< WAH< WAH
SHUT-UP!
It's time folks, time to climb down from your mighty SUV, time to close off a portion of your 8000 sq. ft. house.
We were so close 25 years ago! Remember? All the funding for research is gone, the tax incentives are gone. The Universities have redirected there research to other areas. Not a single nuclear power plant is even proposed, solar and wind energy are in there infancy, diapers for 25 years, mpg- do they still post that?
Wake-up! The press is more interested in blaming the environmentalists, the environmentalists want to blame big business, big business is blaming deregulation to smaller companies, the US government lobs a bomb or two as an annual message to the middle east, the globe blames the US industrialist for global warming and NO ONE TAKES THE BLAME. IT'S US KIDS!!!!!!!!
I hope we do start looking at these issues and not have "MORE" continue as the solution. I was crushed 25 years ago after 8 years of research into energy efficient structures and process, only to find the tax incentives (funding) were gone.
If we really do care, we'll turn off our amps during the day (peak demand) while were at work and turn them on a couple hours ahead of time, maybe leaving them on through the weekend. It's up to us, but it requires each of use to cast blame on ourselves first, not on all the excuses we use.
O.K. enough from me. I'm not a liberal or an environmentalist and I'm not a republican either. I voted for Jessie, so go figure. J.D.
So yes two bad Republican and one bad Democratic White house have paid the tole, and now WE THE MIGHTY AMERICANS demand MORE POWER!! We whine because gasoline prices are approaching the world price threshold. We scream because our power is no longer constant and is subject to fluctuations the rest of the world are used to (at the cost of bowing to the great empire)
WAH< WAH< WAH
SHUT-UP!
It's time folks, time to climb down from your mighty SUV, time to close off a portion of your 8000 sq. ft. house.
We were so close 25 years ago! Remember? All the funding for research is gone, the tax incentives are gone. The Universities have redirected there research to other areas. Not a single nuclear power plant is even proposed, solar and wind energy are in there infancy, diapers for 25 years, mpg- do they still post that?
Wake-up! The press is more interested in blaming the environmentalists, the environmentalists want to blame big business, big business is blaming deregulation to smaller companies, the US government lobs a bomb or two as an annual message to the middle east, the globe blames the US industrialist for global warming and NO ONE TAKES THE BLAME. IT'S US KIDS!!!!!!!!
I hope we do start looking at these issues and not have "MORE" continue as the solution. I was crushed 25 years ago after 8 years of research into energy efficient structures and process, only to find the tax incentives (funding) were gone.
If we really do care, we'll turn off our amps during the day (peak demand) while were at work and turn them on a couple hours ahead of time, maybe leaving them on through the weekend. It's up to us, but it requires each of use to cast blame on ourselves first, not on all the excuses we use.
O.K. enough from me. I'm not a liberal or an environmentalist and I'm not a republican either. I voted for Jessie, so go figure. J.D.