Not another Oil Thread...

[mountain muscle]

lol we might be the only 2 ppl on EF who like higher oil prices

There are a few other oilfield boys here too.

We are a small, elite crowd.

 

[Y_lifter]

Thanks for posting what you should have posted in the first place Gassy

Incentives are good IMO.. An example..

Much like they have in some areas regarding water usage..
I Mr Goverment, will not tell you that you cannot own a non efficient vehicle, much like I will not tell you that you cannot take 27 baths a day.

But I will say that you are using more than your share of water/fuel per normal usage, and therefore you will pay much more per gallon for anything above that normal level per gallon. Stay below the normal usage range and you will pay less per gallon.

Same dealio with having say, 5 kids instead of only 1 or 2.
We aren't going to be like China and say you can't have more than 2 kids
But your tax deductions will be normal for 1-2 but you will be either severely reduced for everyone over that or maybe even have to pay more in taxes for everyone over 2 you have..
Your additional kids are a greater burden on infrastructure like schools, trash, water usage etc and as such you should pay a greater share.

Man, I should run for President in the Reformed Communist party

 

[mountain muscle]

Thanks for posting what you should have posted in the first place Gassy

Incentives are good IMO.. An example..

Much like they have in some areas regarding water usage..
I Mr Goverment, will not tell you that you cannot own a non efficient vehicle, much like I will not tell you that you cannot take 27 baths a day.

But I will say that you are using more than your share of water/fuel per normal usage, and therefore you will pay much more per gallon for anything above that normal level per gallon. Stay below the normal usage range and you will pay less per gallon.

Same dealio with having say, 5 kids instead of only 1 or 2.
We aren't going to be like China and say you can't have more than 2 kids
But your tax deductions will be normal for 1-2 but you will be either severely reduced for everyone over that or maybe even have to pay more in taxes for everyone over 2 you have..
Your additional kids are a greater burden on infrastructure like schools, trash, water usage etc and as such you should pay a greater share.

Man, I should run for President in the Reformed Communist party

Well said.

I actually don't use that much fuel, a majority of it is used getting to work.

Please place a tax on my girlfriend for her fuel consumption though. She seems to have forgotten about her fuel-efficient car and instead prefers to drive my truck to run all over the countryside.

I make her pay for the fuel though. Work pays for mine.


Are you suggesting a ration of fuel per person or vehicle? Not a terrible idea. Put something in the vehicle that tracks consumption and increases tax or price when you go over your ration? That could be effective.

The question is, would putting a tinfoil hat on your vehicle interupt their ability to track consumption?

 

[mountain muscle]

None of the other lazy, slackers have an opinion on this matter?

Forget Needto's cawk for a minute and read.

 

[mrplunkey]

Ethanol! Now!!!

It wipes-out about 25% of our trade deficit overnight too.

 

[mountain muscle]

Ethanol! Now!!!

It wipes-out about 25% of our trade deficit overnight too.

That would be a good start, but it is only part of a greater solution.

 

[mrplunkey]

That would be a good start, but it is only part of a greater solution.

Well, people don't realize that corn-based ethanol basically gets us completely out of around 1/3 of our oil dependence -- it basically wipes out the middle east needs. Sad thing is, we can get there simply by re-using retired corn fields and feeding animals DDGS (a feed byproduct of ethanol plants) instead of cracked corn.

To get the other 2/3, we need to look toward cellulose-based ethanol production, which should be online in the next 10ish years.

 

[gjohnson5]

this thread is worthless without answers

The Democrats have atleast 3
1. Cellulose Ethanol
2. Fuel Cell
3. Biodeisel

 

[needtogetaas]

its all but loub to me.

 

[mrplunkey]

this thread is worthless without answers

The Democrats have atleast 3
1. Cellulose Ethanol
2. Fuel Cell
3. Biodeisel

The democrats? What???

The democrats are the ones holding-up the construction of ethanol plants until union bosses are paid. Just try to get a minor source emissions permit ANYWHERE in the midwest until a PLA (Project Labor Agreement) is in place. You'll get one... sometime between 2015 and 2018.