XFBO, you're not stupid, you've proven that by other, more intelligent posts on Sburns topic.
You
are in a death grip, from your own charming Southern Gentleman Oil companies, and the Saudis/OPEC. It's not a secret, but it does require a bit of research.
You know, although I don't understand WHY you don't admit it, that there
are heating alternatives to oil, which DON'T destroy the atmosphere, and you
must understand the "mass production equals low prices for consumers" type of reasoning. So why not work, all together, for a common goal ?
Where I come from, everyone got stuck in together, the work was done fast, well, and there was no feeling of "He's not pulling his weight" or " The bosses do nothing and take all the rewards", and then we ALL went to the beach for a BBQ and beers (uh oh, CO2 and methane....), and my Country where World leaders in alternative fuel, solar energy and alternatives to the slavery of the countries fortunate enough to sit on the crude reserves...(and whatever hand luggage they carted with them...)
I actually like debating with you guys (I must be a masochist...
), and sometimes I
even learn stuff that enhances my daily grind, but your
refusal to contemplate that there IS a problem, and that it is NOT insurmountable, leaves me perplexed. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Dan doesn't like the Kyoto agreement, he thinks it will kill American industry (who doesn't
care if they kill the children of tomorrow, because THEY won't be there to see it..bwah haa haa !!!) but he's missing the important parts, and is following the tail-lights of a juggernaught that is on a downward spiral, shrouded in a blinding fog that leaves him clinging to the ass of the monster's glowing red lights....
I swear, sometimes I wonder if you guys aren't PAID to write some of your stuff ?