New energy plan: create a sort of machine to extract the grease and oil from Sarah Palin’s speeches.

Aw Jesse, admit it, this has gotta be better than your contracts class.

Damn, this is the most political fun I’ve had in years.

Gotta watch tonight to see which liberal commentaters’ heads explode.

(Actually, a lie, I never watch, I’ll be at my guitar lesson).

Someone should remind him that Bush was from an oil state.

My dad has coworkers who said they would vote for Bush because he’d keep oil prices low. LOL.

I know someone who works at a Kelloggs factory.  I hope one day she runs for office, so we can keep food prices low.

How simplistic can people be??

And since RO seems to be Robert O who got banned yesterday, why is he back again?

Because when you have no life, any attention is good attention.

In today’s media world, the stupider the asshole, the louder they speak. Listen to O’Reilly, Hannity, etc.  And Kudlow is the stupidest asshole on TV.

I see that BO is appearing on O’Reilly TONIGHT.

Is that a classy move?

Debate.

It IS a ballsy move, I’ll give him that.

Bill O has also found the *only* way to possibly even give a thought to watching Fox News.

because she’s close to a lot of oil.

I’m really certain I heard this argument made in favor of Bush too.

Hay, and McCain is an expert on alternative energy because Arizona is so sunny. What more could you ask?

Speak of oil, I wonder how hard it is to be governor of a state with a $5 Billion surplus that’s hands out $1,200 bonus checks to every citizen?  Doesn’t sound to hard to be loved to me.

“On topic, can one of the wingnut trolls here explain how razing Alaska to extract the last drop of oil will fix our energy problems?… “

The price of oil is determined by the futures market.  Opening previously banned drilling sites (and actually starting the process of drilling on them) changes the future worlwide oil production equations and lowers the price of oil today even if it takes 10 years to extract.  It is more a statement of policy that the gloves are off than an actual addition to oil supplies.  It certainly doesn’t solve any problems long term, but it does change the energy futures landscape in a way that can benefit the current generation as alternative energies are researched.

Dr T:

Does that mean we could claim we’re drilling ANWR, buy a lot of equipment and take pictures a la Capricorn 1, but never sink a single hole and get the same effect on oil prices for the next 5-10 years?

It’s cold in Alaska, so maybe she can help with Global Warming.

The price of oil is determined by the futures market.

And not by supply and demand? How does that happen?

Dr T:

It certainly doesn’t solve any problems long term, but it does change the energy futures landscape in a way that can benefit the current generation as alternative energies are researched.

Even more than that, what it does is validate and re-enforce the bizarro-world fantasy that’s been foisted on the general populace by politicians all the way across the spectrum that gas prices will ever come down in any meaningful, trended way. Personally, I doubt that gas will drop below around $3/gallon until at least half the vehicles in daily use are running on something other than dead dinosaurs.

Drilling in ANWR is all sound and no fury.

Does that mean we could claim we’re drilling ANWR, buy a lot of equipment and take pictures a la Capricorn 1, but never sink a single hole and get the same effect on oil prices for the next 5-10 years?

Funnily enough, yes. The oil (a paltry amt., btw) won’t hit the market for DECADES. The only possible dampening effect is that of the announcement on speculators. So, yes, a fake oil drill would do as much good as a real oil drill for longer than the average American marriage.

NOTE: Marriage statistics not researched, assumed to be less than 20 years.

The price of oil is determined by the futures market.  Opening previously banned drilling sites (and actually starting the process of drilling on them) changes the future worlwide oil production equations and lowers the price of oil today even if it takes 10 years to extract.  It is more a statement of policy that the gloves are off than an actual addition to oil supplies.  It certainly doesn’t solve any problems long term, but it does change the energy futures landscape in a way that can benefit the current generation as alternative energies are researched.

Jumpin Jesus in a hand basket.  What, did you take an econ course in high school or something?  Your intellectual insight is about what I’d expect from a 15 year old.

Next time, do a little research before you waste our time here.

HINT: There’s a tiny bit more involved in oil prices than just the futures market.

...since Palin is an expert of foreign policy by virtue of being close to other countries and an expert on energy because she’s close to oil…

By that logic, I should make a fine state trooper, living so close to Route 422 like I do…