The Observation Deck

Jim DeVito wrote:

Stephen Eisel wrote:

Danielle Masters wrote:

Stephen Eisel wrote:Can we run cars, trucks and planes on geothermal?

No they can't but the use of geothermal, wind and solar will decrease our overall use of oil which is a good thing.

But Petroleum based products generate less than 4% of all electricity generated in U.S. electricity plants????

Stephen, What is your angle. Why do you fear all thing not oil. You must have some stake in it. What does electricity have anything with Geothermal. Nobody is saying that we can power cars and planes with it. It can be used to heat our homes and hot water.

All this big talk about weaning us from "terror" oil. Then when some idea comes along that does not equal more drilling for oil everybody has something to say.

Do not worry Stephen, geothermal is not going to hurt you. Who knows someday you might like things there are not made of oil.

And how many barrels of oil does the US use to generate electricity each year in comparison to the number of barrels of oil used for transportation?

How many barrels of home heating oil and cubic feet of natural gas can be replaced with clean free (- upfront cost) geothermal?

Jim DeVito wrote:How many barrels of home heating oil and cubic feet of natural gas can be replaced with clean free (- upfront cost) geothermal?

changing the subject???? or no clue???

Stephen Eisel wrote:

Jim DeVito wrote:How many barrels of home heating oil and cubic feet of natural gas can be replaced with clean free (- upfront cost) geothermal?

changing the subject???? or no clue???

Stephen, If you will notice the subject is geothermal. And to indulge you no I do have any clue. I could could care less. We are not talking about oil.

Here is a question Stephen, What are your thoughts on the use of geothermal to replace home heating oil and natural gas?

Jim DeVito wrote:

Stephen Eisel wrote:

Jim DeVito wrote:How many barrels of home heating oil and cubic feet of natural gas can be replaced with clean free (- upfront cost) geothermal?

changing the subject???? or no clue???

Stephen, If you will notice the subject is geothermal. And to indulge you no I do have any clue. I could could care less. We are not talking about oil.

Here is a question Stephen, What are your thoughts on the use of geothermal to replace home heating oil and natural gas?

oil yes.. natural gas, I am luke warm on... How would we convert people to geothermal? Would I have to buy a new furnace?

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricit ... le1_1.html

about 20 percent of U.S. electricity is presently generated by natural gas. between 1 and 4 percent is generated by petroleum. Nuclear does another 20 percent. Coal is about 50 percent.

It should be remembered what biofuels did to the commodity grains market. replacing a few percentage points of the gasoline and diesel we use with biofuels caused the price of wheat and corn to double or triple or more on the commodities market. Replacing a few percentage points of the gasoline and diesel we use with natural gas will double or triple or octuple the price of natural gas.

America should be able to reduce the amount of oil it uses by 10 or 20 or 30 percent without destroying itself. But Freedom means the absence of responsibility. Our political leaders, cultural leaders, cable news leaders, and print columnists aren't doing their part to promote conservation. They could be encouraging soccer moms to buy ford focus hatchbacks: you can get four kids to the soccer game in a ford focus as easily as in a mini-van or SUV or F150 pickup.

There are barriers to our leaders promoting conservation.(drive less, drive smaller cars, shop at smaller stores closer to home) Especially the conservative leaders. The first few that do it will get called liberals or communists or worse by the remainder. And people will fall for it, because they are trained to fall for it. Toby Keith will continue promoting the Ford F150.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/14/oil.wh ... index.html

whistleblower claims massive corruption in Oil section of Department of the Interior.

A reminder that potential offshore oil wells to the east and west are technically some kind of federal territory. Let's handle new oil supplies more like Norway and less like Nigeria.