I'm Beginning To Wonder About George Bush

during the 70's oil crisis my dad bought a small motorcycle and rode that to work instead of whining. that thing got a zillion miles a gallon. my dad rules.

 

First, hopefully the question of whether gas prices are Bush's fault or not have been put to rest - because that was rediculous to think in the first place.

Second, I have a solution. I prupose that we just CREATE oil. Yes, I said it. Get a smart person & figure out a way to super speed the process of creating oil. Then we don't have to worry about this whole drilling for oil stuff.

 

When he's done with that, have him discover a cure for cancer and then he can tell us how to solve this Iraq thing.

 

I know where there is a bunch of oil just waiting to be used.

It is off the California coast line.

California people want to pay cheap gas prices but they are unwilling to help make that happen.

 

i was referring to the following prediction by you:

of course it is impossible to prove predictions wrong, as they have not happened yet. i dunno who appointed you czar of the future, predictor of the world for our grandchildren. i guess our grandchildren will live in caves, in a society crippled by the lack of oil brought on by our lack of foresight.

we can only imagine the horrors our future holds. technology will regress, it will be like that movie waterworld, where only freaks with gills will be able to save us from the bands of roving criminals who are the only ones who have managed to steal enough oil to run their jet skis.

 

first of all, let me say that predicting the future is obviously a difficult/impossible business.

but i think that people can very quickly get wrapped up in dire predictions of the future, often listing problems caused by our behavior today. and generally i believe none of it. when i was a kid it was the population explosion, the landfills are gonna fill up, we have to recycle. we may have to restrict births. yeah right. we somehow assume that we are making problems for ourselves that we do not have the technology to fix.

we may have no use for oil at all in 60 years. oil powered devices might be as common as kerosene lamps. maybe we will have cold fusion, or hydrogen or water or whatever. who knows?

and that is the point, who knows. you say:

"People won't be able to afford much interstate driving. Power consumption will dominate our budgets. Electric trains will move people between cities as fuel for airlines and autos becomes more expensive than perfume."

and i think all of that is made up nonsense. i have no idea why you think you have any more chance of being correct than incorrect. those guesses are just random stabs at predicting. the future changes fast, and trying to guess what problems will be facing 50 years from now is next to impossible.

necessity os the mother of invention. my (educated) guess is that any problems we have will yield solutions that lead to a higher standard of life for all future generations.