blazin waffles
Well-Known Member
Which is why we legalize Hemp! Just imagine how positive it would be. You would have acres and acres of a plant that will suck up a shit ton of Co2 and produce more oxygen making our earth better!And I see the environmental aspects too, of course. A 7-mile sheet of ice just cracked off of Canada today. I don't really want to see us turn this planet into Venus, even if I won't be around when it happens. Not even if doing so means cheaper gas. Global warming seems to be accelerating and it's making me a bit uneasy. Burning more oil just doesn't seem like the best idea to me.
The whole problem is the fact that the world-wide oil prices shouldn't fuckin effect us! We have te ability to produce enough oil for what we need, along with alternative fuel movements, we wouldn't have to depend on other countries for our power.......but will we do that? No....that wouldn't make congressman money.Again, domestic refinery capacity effects gas prices in the U.S., but has no impact on world-wide oil prices. Increasing demand from China and India puts upward pressure on oil prices. Rampant speculation fuels the demand.
World-wide drilling capacity is in the hands of those countries who hold the oil. It's in their best interest to keep prices high. Drill less and the price of oil stays high. Drill more and oil prices decline. Supply and demand.
Drill in the areas we have maybe make refineries more efficient and plant a bunch of pot. Problem solved if people weren't so self centered and greedy.