But let's get back to "roots" of the issue. Prior to now, I was always under the impression that one the few infectious diseases that "went down" on a male patient was the mumps. And a bad case of mumps that affected the testicles was a probable sterility result. (BTW, I was conceived because of a mumps issue with my Dad and testicular involvement. Mom wanted to reassure him he was still virile...or so she told me. She also told me that my high cheekbones were a result of....aw crap never mind. )Prognightmare said:
Outraged yes, but how can you be "intellectual" when you get everything wrong all the time?Liquid Wrench said:
TexAgs91 said:Outraged yes, but how can you be "intellectual" when you get everything wrong all the time?Liquid Wrench said:
All those people in two places at once and we still argue that time travel isn't possible.jxs40 said:
At least they cropped it differently so that you have to look closely to catch them.n_touch said:All those people in two places at once and we still argue that time travel isn't possible.jxs40 said:
Ok, that is funny.Easy 8 said:
Why not, for all practical purposes?Bondag said:Ok, that is funny.Easy 8 said:
But you don't just stop drilling for oil. If that were to happen in the US we would become dependent on Saudi or Russia for oil and that is not a situation we want to be in again.
The governments in foreign countries have been supplementing oil for years. We can take some money from the Kennedy Center on the next bail out and support American interests.
As part of infrastructure, fast track additional storage facilities, perhaps?Quote:
Why not, for all practical purposes?
The oil isn't going anywhere. And, we are not going to forget how to get it out of the ground.
Buy the super cheap oil while it is super cheap. Maybe the US government fills up its strategic reserves to the brim to save for a rainy day. Then, drill at 10% of peak capacity just to keep the best guys sharp. When oil returns to reasonable levels again, hire the workforce back at 1.5x regular cost, quit importing oil, and get back to work.
Painful cycle, I know, but everyone maximizes wealth that way.