AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

[pokertramp]

You are making my point for me. None of those things are cost effective. When looking at total cost, none of them add up so we plug along with the most cost effective things.

in the short term no... But we are a nation whos companies look at the now and not the future... I have expanded more in the following responses

If this engine you describe or the wind or solar could be cost effective, believe me, they would be in use.

no the MCR is a unleaded fuel engine just as cars are now, no extra batteries or panels or needs for the car to be smaller… The preas, yaras and “hyper mile” cars have low MPG because they have high compression ratios, high compression ratios normally equal less HP/TQ… what this engine does is give the engine high compression when it is at a constant speed and changes the compression to a lower one when more power is needed… It is a good vid, I suggest watching it

Actually the stuff in the DFW barnett Shale is natural gas and the reseves their are astounding to say the least. In addition to the oil in the rockies and the williston basin and the Permian Basin, unfortunately the cost to get it out of the ground is more than to just buy it from abroad. The oil sands in western Canada i another example of vast reservses. They are just more expensive than just importing the commodity.

So why the argument to mine at home if the start up cost is the same as those cost are the same renewable one that are cheaper to produce and maintain in the long run? By keeping oil as it is we are dependent as a nation on the importation of oil. The current situation in the east has driven up our oil prices (that and greed by US oil refiners; ex price per barrel in ‘02 was $36 and as was just under $1 per gallon… in ‘08 when the price per barrel was $36 the price per gallon was over $2 and it had 10%-15% ethanol which is much cheaper the oil. Even with inflation there is a huge profit margin between those to years), what happens to the American people if America as to anger those in charge and oil was given at twice the cost or an embargo was emplaced?

I like to think of it as the Wal-Mart mentality. If it is cheaper there no matter the quality or source. People will come and buy it. That is what you will have to overcome to get where you seem to be going.

Remember when gas when up so all the airlines up there prices except for one... the one who paid close to 4 cent more per gallon on there short term contract but in the long run saved more then a dollar when gas sky rocketed... that is the oil and automotive and banking industries right now... in it for short term and the now profit... this way of thinking has crippled the auto industry and the banking industry, if it wasn’t for foreign oil the oil industry would be in the same mess. We are indeed a “Wal-Mart” nation but probably sooner then later the American oil companies will get greedy again and force gas prices to rates unsustainable for the US people(FYI – I never blamed bush for high gas price’s, doing that is illogical) and the call for solar and wind energy will come again. We can not continue to live in the past if we are going to move into the future. In my option oil is not the future for our energy or cars but energy will be the first thing that oil will loss its market to

Better manager or not J. Kerry's views are what steered me away. Same with Da Bomber. Unfortunately you don't remember the J. Carter and the B. Klinton Admins to know why these types don't do well after elected. Big promises, unfortunately big empty promises.

I don’t disagree with you about Kerry, not the brightest guy but I was making the point that there are no absolutes and that just because some one has experience does not mean its good experience or best for the nation. I do remember Clinton, hate him if you may but no the less his administration was a prosperous for one for the nation… its too bad that him getting “head” overshadowed most of it… And to be real, it happens all the time, people cheat on spouse regardless of possessions, bush Jr was accused of cheating, McCain did cheat…

 

[rick48195]

Compare him to Sarah Palin, who wrote her own acceptance speech and lost the teleprompter midway through it, but never faltered

What a joke, how can you compare an educated prepared self made, accomplished man to an idiot hockey mom like Sarah Palin? And you want to compare her to probably one of the best public speakers of all time.

Who are you Joe six pack or Joe the Plumber?

I was embarrassed for the Republican party with her running as VP, she was a total dingbat although very pretty.

 

[rick48195]

I do remember Clinton, hate him if you may but no the less his administration was a prosperous for one for the nation… its too bad that him getting “head” overshadowed most of it… And to be real, it happens all the time, people cheat on spouse regardless of possessions, bush Jr was accused of cheating, McCain did cheat…

And all because Bill Clinton got some head from an intern and someone told we had to put up with eight years of "W" who will without a doubt go down as the worst President in history (yes his election against Al Gore was that close)

 

[CaStylin]

I guess the bottom line is I'll never buy another wrong wheel drive. I will never buy a four cylinder car. I can't pull my trailers with a prius or any of the other vehicles the foreign mfgs offer. It is beginning to look like I will never buy a new vehicle again.

Hey now... My wrong wheel drive Chevy goes 12's in the quarter and has plenty of power... but i know what i understand what you mean, we cant replace trucks with smaller vehicles with less power. That won’t be the case with the MCR or similar, but again that’s still some time out. I don’t understand why would never by a new vehicle, cars and trucks continually improve on MPG, HP and TQ with out sacrificing room… they just don’t do it at the pace of the prias which actually got bigger and more MPG this year, but the do constantly improve.

The "new" administration is a bunch of klinton 'rehires'. So much for change.

I dont know about you but alot of money was made for the nation in the time of those "rehire's"... I dont know about you but i would gladly chage from a ression back to there glory days or for that matter any glory days of any past president dem or rep

You can reiterate all you want about how 'great' renewable energy could and 'will' be. Bottom line is if it won't generate a profit it will NEVER get off the ground. You are young yet. Maybe some day you will see this. I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying it won't until it can make profits. If you can't line the pockets of the hangers on, nothing is going to get done. This is known as politics.

We are a capitalistic nation that sits in the comforts of normality, until something drastic happens (like gas hitting $4 + a gallon again and the barrel hitting $80+ each) then the push to use new technologies wont happen. It is sad that we prefer drilling in our on reserves when in reality it will cost the same or more to start those processes as a renewable source of energy and also sad that it takes catastrophe to force change our overall view on how much we actully rely on nations out side of our own

 

[rick48195]

Then go ahead and be scared of our new President, I was scared of our old egomaniac president and had to put up with his shi*t for 8 years. You'll survive as soon as you get done licking your election day wounds. This country don't need scaredy cats anyway, bye bye

And if you are so afraid then move somewhere else, the American public elected President Obama overwhelmingly

 

[srercrcr]

High five!!! :lol:

 

[outsider_27]

Then go ahead and be scared of our new President, I was scared of our old egomaniac president and had to put up with his shi*t for 8 years. You'll survive as soon as you get done licking your election day wounds. This country don't need scaredy cats anyway, bye bye

And if you are so afraid then move somewhere else, the American public elected President Obama overwhelmingly

That's what I think too. I feel nobody is perfect, and being the President is a tough job no matter who you are. You can't please all the people all the time. I just hope he does right for all the people of our country. No matter what, the majority elected him.

 

[rick48195]

well said

 

[TexasT]

I guess the bottom line is I'll never buy another wrong wheel drive. I will never buy a four cylinder car. I can't pull my trailers with a prius or any of the other vehicles the foreign mfgs offer. It is beginning to look like I will never buy a new vehicle again.

Hey now... My wrong wheel drive Chevy goes 12's in the quarter and has plenty of power... but i know what i understand what you mean, we cant replace trucks with smaller vehicles with less power. That won’t be the case with the MCR or similar, but again that’s still some time out. I don’t understand why would never by a new vehicle, cars and trucks continually improve on MPG, HP and TQ with out sacrificing room… they just don’t do it at the pace of the prias which actually got bigger and more MPG this year, but the do constantly improve.

The "new" administration is a bunch of klinton 'rehires'. So much for change.

I dont know about you but alot of money was made for the nation in the time of those "rehire's"... I dont know about you but i would gladly chage from a ression back to there glory days or for that matter any glory days of any past president dem or rep

You can reiterate all you want about how 'great' renewable energy could and 'will' be. Bottom line is if it won't generate a profit it will NEVER get off the ground. You are young yet. Maybe some day you will see this. I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying it won't until it can make profits. If you can't line the pockets of the hangers on, nothing is going to get done. This is known as politics.

We are a capitalistic nation that sits in the comforts of normality, until something drastic happens (like gas hitting $4 + a gallon again and the barrel hitting $80+ each) then the push to use new technologies wont happen. It is sad that we prefer drilling in our on reserves when in reality it will cost the same or more to start those processes as a renewable source of energy and also sad that it takes catastrophe to force change our overall view on how much we actully rely on nations out side of our own

While your chivy might run good, it won't pull my trailer or haul my family in comfort. My Chevy does what I need it to. They chose not to build new ones with a bbc so, yes, I doubt I'll buy a new vehicle. I was driving it with $4/gal and will continue to drive it. I don't see the new ones as improved, and I surely don't see a new fascist remake of the company as a good thing. The only one left is Ford and they quit building the Excursion so new is out for me.


I remember some pretty bad times during the Kilinton admin. Again, you might be too young to remember. The economy was poor. Not a high point if you ask me. and if he was doing such a great job why was the party voted out? If you remember the congress was controlled by a republican majority.

I am not afraid of the president. I am afraid of his supporters. The ones that got him there and the ones he owes for getting him there. They are calling the shots. You should be afraid too if you value your personal freedoms. Freedom and security are opposites.

Banking has already been ground under. The largest car mfg is next. If you don't see socialism/fascism on the horizon, you aren't paying attention.

 

[zjchevy1]

While your chivy might run good, it won't pull my trailer or haul my family in comfort. My Chevy does what I need it to. They chose not to build new ones with a bbc so, yes, I doubt I'll buy a new vehicle. I was driving it with $4/gal and will continue to drive it. I don't see the new ones as improved, and I surely don't see a new fascist remake of the company as a good thing. The only one left is Ford and they quit building the Excursion so new is out for me.

Well put. I drive a truck not because I want to, but because I need to. I don't like being pressured by the G into driving a smaller, less safer vehicle. I also don't like there ideas of taxing those who drive trucks-trucks make this country go round and round, from pickups to semi's. I don't see the new trucks being built better than the one I have now, I see them built cheaper. I used to get new trucks every two years, but with the new body style of GM trucks and my love of my '06, I have decided to keep the one I got and run it until the wheels fall off. I had to fuel up at $4 a gallon, and $85 a week sucked *ss-but I didn't have a choice. Comfort is also an issue for me. I too am not happy with the Bamster pulling the reigns at GM, but I am a GM/Mopar guy and I've had GM trucks my entire life... or at least the last 12 years that I've had a DL.


I remember some pretty bad times during the Kilinton admin. Again, you might be too young to remember. The economy was poor. Not a high point if you ask me. and if he was doing such a great job why was the party voted out? If you remember the congress was controlled by a republican majority.

No one discusses the economy under Clinton because he was such a 'great' president. Since 1/2 the country despised GWB, he will always be remembered for being president during tough times. Clinton had two agenda's, shrink our military and get his rocks off without getting out of his desk chair.

I am not afraid of the president. I am afraid of his supporters. The ones that got him there and the ones he owes for getting him there. They are calling the shots. You should be afraid too if you value your personal freedoms. Freedom and security are opposites.

Again I agree. The idiots that put him in office want to tell you whats best for you as opposed to letting you make your own decisions. I refuse to lose my 2nd amendment right to carry, and will do whatever it takes to protect my family and myself. Then you have the EnviroNazi's like Al Gore telling us we need to drive prius' while he rides around in a bulletproof Suburban that gets 10 mpg. How many hands can be shoved up the President's *ss to make him talk? He is nothing more than a puppet for chaos.

Banking has already been ground under. The largest car mfg is next. If you don't see socialism/fascism on the horizon, you aren't paying attention.

If things keep going the way they are, most of the Americans who voted Obama in will realize the words on the teleprompter are nothing more than lies.


Don't even get me started on the "Cash for Clunkers" bill that was passed.