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Government stimulus

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  • It helps the economy.

    Votes: 12 38.7%
  • It hurts the economy.

    Votes: 16 51.6%
  • I don't know.

    Votes: 3 9.7%

  • Total voters
    31
Does moving the goal post to gas mean you have given up trying to disprove the US Military's public warning that we are approaching peak oil?

no, it means that I'm glad we have the worlds' largest energy resources, and we should be pursuing them. and the chart is recoverable fossil fuels, not natural gas :)

Do you have a source to link that disprove's the US military claim?

well you tell me - do you think they are correct?

and - again - i couldn't care less if we have or haven't passed "peak oil". it makes no difference whatsoever to the fact that we should start exploiting our own natural resources.

On to your new goal post:

U.S. Forecasts 42% Jump in LNG Imports in 2010, Says Supply May Go Higher



"U.S. imports of liquefied natural gas may rise 42 percent in 2010 to approximately 1.76 billion cubic feet per day, the Energy Department forecast today in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook.

The latest estimate for 2010 imports was 2.2 percent lower than the previous forecast. The department’s Energy Information Administration last month predicted imports of 1.8 billion cubic feet per day.

“While EIA currently expects U.S. LNG imports to increase by about 0.5 Bcf/d this year over last, the failure of global demand to keep pace with increased global supply could lead to even higher U.S. LNG imports than currently forecast,” the department said in the report. "

the failure of global demand to keep up with supply? could have sworn that was sort of the reverse of your argument but :shrug: whatever.
 
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no, it means that I'm glad we have the worlds' largest energy resources, and we should be pursuing them. and the chart is recoverable fossil fuels, not natural gas :)



well you tell me - do you think they are correct?

and - again - i couldn't care less if we have or haven't passed "peak oil". it makes no difference whatsoever to the fact that we should start exploiting our own natural resources.



the failure of global demand to keep up with supply? could have sworn that was sort of the reverse of your argument but :shrug: whatever.

If we can use other's supply and keep our own oil supply for later, why would you not want to do that? I think the government is playing chess and you are playing checkers. Also, considering how large the world market is, it has already been shown that introducing our supply into the global market would just be a drop in the bucket and would hardly affect pricing.

Considering oil's value and variety of uses, I prefer we keep our resources and save them for when he have to use them.

Gas prices wouldn't be lowered by more domestic oil drilling - Apr. 25, 2011
New offshore drilling not a quick fix, analysts say - The Boston Globe
 
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If we can use other's supply and keep our own oil supply for later, why would you not want to do that?

because there is no need or really advantage to doing that due to the fact that oil is fungible.

I think the government is playing chess and you are playing checkers

:lamo you..... you think the government has a plan!!!..... :lamo

Also, considering how large the world market is, it has already been shown that introducing our supply into the global market would just be a drop in the bucket and would hardly affect pricing.

that depends on what you are discussing - anwar alone in the early years, yes. drilling takes time. but both coasts and the shale and alaska? not hardly - we have the worlds' largest reserves. long term, it would be like adding two saudi arabias.




anywho, as per the OP:

Economic Growth Slow as Inflation Measure Spikes Up

hey hey! how's that stimulus thingy working out?
 
If we can use other's supply and keep our own oil supply for later, why would you not want to do that? I think the government is playing chess and you are playing checkers. Also, considering how large the world market is, it has already been shown that introducing our supply into the global market would just be a drop in the bucket and would hardly affect pricing.

Considering oil's value and variety of uses, I prefer we keep our resources and save them for when he have to use them.

Gas prices wouldn't be lowered by more domestic oil drilling - Apr. 25, 2011
New offshore drilling not a quick fix, analysts say - The Boston Globe

Finally, the voice of reason!!! Thanks for addressing Cpwills post. I agree.

And it is exactly what China, Saudia Arabia, and all of the forward thinking countries are doing. China has surpassed the US now in clean energy technology. Every president since Nixon has admitted we needed to develop alternatives to our dependence on foreign oil. Carter was the first and only president to put a plan in place, which Reagan promptly scrapped as soon as he came into office. This administration is the first since Carter to begin to take big steps again to develop alternatives and also to conserve. The increase in CAFE standards alone by this adminstration has the effect of removing 58 million cars from the road.
 
because there is no need or really advantage to doing that due to the fact that oil is fungible.

It is a declining fossil fungible! :2razz:


:lamo you..... you think the government has a plan!!!..... :lamo

Best one they've had in decades anyway!


that depends on what you are discussing - anwar alone in the early years, yes. drilling takes time. but both coasts and the shale and alaska? not hardly - we have the worlds' largest reserves. long term, it would be like adding two saudi arabias.

We've already gone over this, according to Snopes you are looking at a couple years of supply, and that is if cost is no consideration! Face it, the US military and the rest of the world's experts had it right, we are approaching the end of cheap oil.




anywho, as per the OP:

Economic Growth Slow as Inflation Measure Spikes Up

hey hey! how's that stimulus thingy working out?

Since we are no longer spiraling into another depression as we were in 2007/2008, its working out fine. Unemployment has been reduced, our GDP has increased, and stocks are up!

So in short, we are better off than than I expected would be after the mess were left with.
 
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Even if we produced a significant amount, we would not be adding much to the world supply and it would not affect our gas prices. Our gas prices are influenced by the global supply and it would not change what we pay at the pump. It's like saying you want to open 3 more acres of peanut farming and expecting to get Planters Peanuts at half the price. It's not going to happen.
 
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