Comments on: $25 Billion for Imported Oil — In One Month! http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-7661 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:17:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-7661 MD — not an option for everyone, but a lot of people who have the option pass on it

]]> By: MD http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-7660 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-7660 Live near where I work….

Hey Zach, you have a spare $250,000…

I could use it so I could live near where I work.

It’s not an option for everyone.

]]> By: MD http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24664 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24664 Live near where I work….

Hey Zach, you have a spare $250,000…

I could use it so I could live near where I work.

It’s not an option for everyone.

]]> By: MD http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24665 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24665 Live near where I work….

Hey Zach, you have a spare $250,000…

I could use it so I could live near where I work.

It’s not an option for everyone.

]]> By: MD http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24666 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24666 Live near where I work….

Hey Zach, you have a spare $250,000…

I could use it so I could live near where I work.

It’s not an option for everyone.

]]> By: Paul Stephens http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-7659 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:44:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-7659 Drill here in U S A ,use what we must use ,while we invest heavly in our new energy future. We must change, we can only keep filling that take so many times before the big tank is dry.After we have our new fuel sorces in place , maybe we will have anough of the old,to spead on our toast.

]]> By: Paul Stephens http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24663 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24663 Drill here in U S A ,use what we must use ,while we invest heavly in our new energy future. We must change, we can only keep filling that take so many times before the big tank is dry.After we have our new fuel sorces in place , maybe we will have anough of the old,to spead on our toast.

]]> By: Zach http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-7658 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:07:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-7658 great point, mds. i completely agree. and even further — get on a bike, use mass transit, & live near where you work… but all of what you said as well.

]]> By: Zach http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24660 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24660 great point, mds. i completely agree. and even further — get on a bike, use mass transit, & live near where you work… but all of what you said as well.

]]> By: Zach http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24661 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24661 great point, mds. i completely agree. and even further — get on a bike, use mass transit, & live near where you work… but all of what you said as well.

]]> By: Zach http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24662 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24662 great point, mds. i completely agree. and even further — get on a bike, use mass transit, & live near where you work… but all of what you said as well.

]]> By: mds http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-7657 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:25:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-7657 TBP is an aging money grubber, but he is correct, except for using Natural Gas directly for transportation. Why should we switch from one limited fossil fuel to another …at great expense? Why not switch to (Range-extended) Battery Electric Vehicles (ReEVs)? It is more energy efficient to use the Natural Gas to generate electricity for BEVs and ReEVs, than to use the gas directly in vehicles. Large Natural Gas powered generators are much more efficient then smaller natural gas combustion engines in vehicles. This is true even when considering losses in the electric vehicle. Face it, batteries and electric motors are by far the most energy efficient motive devices out there. Besides, it’s inefficient (and not very safe) to drive a heavy, pressurized natural gas tank around.

Use Natural Gas for peak power generation, to fill in when solar and wind are not available, and to replace coal power generation. Replace light trucks and cars with ReEVs and BEVs. If we run out of Natural Gas we’ll use more solar and wind power, geothermal power, wave/current power, or nuclear power. Accomplish this and VIOLA! our oil use is reduced by half.

So TBP is half right. Our addiction to oil does need to be changed.

]]> By: mds http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24659 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:25:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24659 TBP is an aging money grubber, but he is correct, except for using Natural Gas directly for transportation. Why should we switch from one limited fossil fuel to another …at great expense? Why not switch to (Range-extended) Battery Electric Vehicles (ReEVs)? It is more energy efficient to use the Natural Gas to generate electricity for BEVs and ReEVs, than to use the gas directly in vehicles. Large Natural Gas powered generators are much more efficient then smaller natural gas combustion engines in vehicles. This is true even when considering losses in the electric vehicle. Face it, batteries and electric motors are by far the most energy efficient motive devices out there. Besides, it’s inefficient (and not very safe) to drive a heavy, pressurized natural gas tank around.

Use Natural Gas for peak power generation, to fill in when solar and wind are not available, and to replace coal power generation. Replace light trucks and cars with ReEVs and BEVs. If we run out of Natural Gas we’ll use more solar and wind power, geothermal power, wave/current power, or nuclear power. Accomplish this and VIOLA! our oil use is reduced by half.

So TBP is half right. Our addiction to oil does need to be changed.

]]> By: MD http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-7656 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:19:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-7656 Of course TBP is bitching – he’s not making any of that money… someone else is.

Don’t let TBP pull the “Green” wool over your eyes…

]]> By: MD http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24658 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:19:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24658 Of course TBP is bitching – he’s not making any of that money… someone else is.

Don’t let TBP pull the “Green” wool over your eyes…

]]> By: russ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-7655 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:12:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-7655 Wow! You figured that out all by yourself?

]]> By: russ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24656 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24656 Wow! You figured that out all by yourself?

]]> By: russ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/25-billion-for-imported-oil-in-one-month/#comment-24657 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3760#comment-24657 Wow! You figured that out all by yourself?

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