What are your thoughts on the "major second wave" of US fracking?
For the record, i have not come to a conclusion on this one. I don't have all the facts yet. Just curious.
31-35, M
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ImpeccablyImperfect · 51-55, F
Say what you will, for or against, but it's a necessity.
There will always be equally convincing arguments for either side of the debate, but it doesn't change the fact that we need the oil industry if we want to continue living in the world we live in.
I am not particularly willing to give up the heat in my home, or the fuel in my vehicle, or the groceries that are brought to my local grocer (by truck) or the iPad I'm using at this very moment to write this reply. Most of my typical days' activities are made possible because of the oil industry.
We, as a people, seem to have grown an affinity to our creature comforts.
And I don't see too many others running out to buy axes and chop wood for their wood stoves, to heat the home and cook their meals.
There will always be equally convincing arguments for either side of the debate, but it doesn't change the fact that we need the oil industry if we want to continue living in the world we live in.
I am not particularly willing to give up the heat in my home, or the fuel in my vehicle, or the groceries that are brought to my local grocer (by truck) or the iPad I'm using at this very moment to write this reply. Most of my typical days' activities are made possible because of the oil industry.
We, as a people, seem to have grown an affinity to our creature comforts.
And I don't see too many others running out to buy axes and chop wood for their wood stoves, to heat the home and cook their meals.
Lumberjack70 · 56-60, M
VolpeTredici · 31-35, M
@ImpeccablyImperfect There are many other sources of power though.
Windmills, hydroelectric dams, solar panels, etc. Cars can be run on water, vegetable oil, and electricity.
None of these things destroy our planet.
There's a lot less money to be made with them though.
Windmills, hydroelectric dams, solar panels, etc. Cars can be run on water, vegetable oil, and electricity.
None of these things destroy our planet.
There's a lot less money to be made with them though.
VolpeTredici · 31-35, M
@Graylight Agreed.
ImpeccablyImperfect · 51-55, F
@VolpeTredici I agree, there are alternative ways to 'run' such things....but can vegetable oil produce the power needed to run the farming machinery? Are the big rigs seen on highways everywhere run on solar power?
From what I know, these alternatives can run small, powerless vehicles, but they simply can't produce the power necessary to run the big trucks which bring us our produce in the winter (produce being the least of it, of course)
When those fancy electric cars come to us on barges....it's a diesel-powered crane which lifts them off the vessel, is it not? (I recognize that I could be wrong on this one, as I'm not too familiar with sea vessels and such)
But I am well versed on the benefits of windmill power.....and I can state with absolute certainly that large, diesel-powered cranes are used to erect those babies....and also to service them and maintain them.
I am not in any way disputing the benefits of trying to find alternative methods, I'm simply saying that we [i]cannot[/i] discount the necessity of diesel, and gas, and oil products.
At least not at this time.....we still need it.
From what I know, these alternatives can run small, powerless vehicles, but they simply can't produce the power necessary to run the big trucks which bring us our produce in the winter (produce being the least of it, of course)
When those fancy electric cars come to us on barges....it's a diesel-powered crane which lifts them off the vessel, is it not? (I recognize that I could be wrong on this one, as I'm not too familiar with sea vessels and such)
But I am well versed on the benefits of windmill power.....and I can state with absolute certainly that large, diesel-powered cranes are used to erect those babies....and also to service them and maintain them.
I am not in any way disputing the benefits of trying to find alternative methods, I'm simply saying that we [i]cannot[/i] discount the necessity of diesel, and gas, and oil products.
At least not at this time.....we still need it.
VolpeTredici · 31-35, M
@ImpeccablyImperfect In any case, our "need" for it is going to destroy us all in the end.
Using it as much as we do is over reaching. It's not sustainable. If we can't continue as we have without it, maybe we shouldnt continue as we have. We've seen countless examples of how moving too fast can destroy everything involved.
"The world's problems cannot be solved with the same level of thinking that created them."
Using it as much as we do is over reaching. It's not sustainable. If we can't continue as we have without it, maybe we shouldnt continue as we have. We've seen countless examples of how moving too fast can destroy everything involved.
"The world's problems cannot be solved with the same level of thinking that created them."
Graylight · 51-55, F
@ImpeccablyImperfect You make some very good points, and any switch to alternative energy sources will take decades for sure. And in the end, they may not completely curb our need for oil. But if we don't start looking right now at these alternatives, we're not going to need any energy at all.
ImpeccablyImperfect · 51-55, F
@VolpeTredici @Graylight and again, I say....I do agree with that. [i]100%[/i]
We do need to continue with the search for alternatives. :)
I just don't forget about the importance of the oil industry in my world.
We do need to continue with the search for alternatives. :)
I just don't forget about the importance of the oil industry in my world.