tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post7915676892705460452..comments2023-10-14T08:23:14.641-07:00Comments on The American Energy Crisis: The Sickening Pandering Continues...A Quaker in a Strange Landhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-49898233042714103672008-05-19T12:13:00.000-07:002008-05-19T12:13:00.000-07:00Sean, you really hit the nail on the head with tha...Sean, you really hit the nail on the head with that one (regarding nearly everyone falling into either the jiminy cricket magical thinking or the lumpenprole camps)! Not to mention making me spew coffee out of my nose.....<BR/>They just won't get it. Not even when they're sitting in a line of cars at some filling station with an "out of gas" sign on it, they still will not get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-7150172240949678572008-05-13T18:49:00.000-07:002008-05-13T18:49:00.000-07:00Greg,This post really struck a chord with me-- arg...Greg,<BR/><BR/>This post really struck a chord with me-- arguing with the average person about these issues has left me frazzled and bewildered. From those I've spoken with, there are two camps: 1) the "postive energy" douchebags unable to process that their 1950s Popular Mechanics wetdreams of the future (you know, flying cars, etc) isn't going to come to pass yet still believe that some combination of solar panels or whatever will let them keep on keeping on and 2) the group that collectively must have an IQ of less than 75: "I heard from a friend's friend that all dem earl wells been capped off in the 70s and only need to open 'em up for gas to be $.70/gallon again but the earl companies won't let 'em since they control the prices and besides I know a guy who has a friend whose brother had a truck with a 200 mpg carburetor that GM took away from him coz it was a super-secret prototype carb that the earl companies bought the rights to in the 70s..."<BR/><BR/>The first camp cannot be talked to rationally, as they are "true believers." The second camp is either mired in some sort of conspiracy theory or believe that the envirocommies or towelheads are to blame for why they can't fill up their trucks "no more."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-8317995867364921412008-05-13T11:36:00.000-07:002008-05-13T11:36:00.000-07:00My apologies. Did not really mean to disparage Yo...My apologies. Did not really mean to disparage Yoga. I was just trying to make a point and make it humorous. But you got my point.<BR/><BR/>BTW there will be PLENTY to do, just most folks won't be willing at first. Don't worry, they will. Some things are incredible motivators.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-24174577307461787752008-05-11T14:04:00.000-07:002008-05-11T14:04:00.000-07:00Yoga is probably the best thing to come out of Cal...Yoga is probably the best thing to come out of California. <BR/>Flaky Grade B movie stars as viable politicians and (gag) statesmen is California's most poisonous gift to the rest of us. Mr. Feel Good Put It on the Credit Card Borrow and Squander Red Ink Reagan was probably the most lethal and subtle Poison.<BR/>Arnie is a distant second.<BR/>But, Hollywood has been so successful because Murikans like a good delusion rather than real life. A depression and the early stages of Peak Oil will be another bonanza for Hollywood.<BR/>Nothing to do but stay home and watch the box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com