spring-peeper
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rogue yam said:What part of it do you not believe?
I wasn't asking about me, I was asking about you.
Do you believe what you posted?
rogue yam said:What part of it do you not believe?
rogue yam said:Nuclear energy is a very good choice for generating electricity. The US would be much better off if we had more nuke plants. I expect that in the future we will. The EPA does not regulate nuclear power plants. That was deliberately kept in the Dept. of Energy because people wisely expected the EPA to be hippie-infested, as it is. It is others outside of the Federal government that have blocked nuclear power in the US. I hope and expect this will change eventually. Still, oil is primarily used for motor vehicle fuel and nukes are not a good substitute for this application.
If the Arabs and the Persians had absolutely no oil, they would be discussed on this board about as much as the Somalians and the Rwandans are. Which is to say, not at all. Anybody who doesn't understand this is a retard.
When the subject is energy conversion and alternative energy resources, the laws of physics determine everything. Thus your third point is utterly stupid. Try harder.
kage said:Kinda unsurprising that Rogue Yet attempts to obfuscate the matter in hand with his usual purile distractions.
Whatcha think of the very recent unarmed Iraqi civilian massacre by the USMC shit-for-brains?
they don't like it up'em them freepers.
god this is painful...it kinda depends who's writing the list, really, doesn't it?rogue yam said:We are not getting behind technically. Find a list of the fifty best engineering colleges in the world and see how many are American. !
so what? 1 out of 10000 patents make serious cash, directly or indirectly - if that.Look at the number of patents
and no-one's ever thought of copying them or bastardising them, have they?Look at the peformance of our cutting-edge technologies
Long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. Grew up elsewhere. You?angry bob said:Anyhow ... would you be able to tell me where in the states you're from? Genuinely curious.
Not true. Here's the money quote: "Oil is far, far cheaper than any other alternative resource." Prices are always relative, Bob. We must have energy. We get it as cheaply as we know how. The Hippiewoman was repeating the stale old leftie paen to "alternative resources" and I quite sensibly pointed out that the laws of physics and the principles of economics thus far have determined oil's primacy in the energy field. The scientists and engineers continue to explore alternatives including wind, solar, bio-fuels, etc. This is important work and the United States is the world leader as usual. But so far the scientists, working within the limits imposed by the laws of physics, have yet to develop resources that can compete with oil today in the marketplace. Thus it is both: physics and economics, just as I said. Do you understand now?angry bob said:The subject of your post was the price of oil, not energy conversion.
You assume everyone is as corrupt as you. Not true.Red Jezza said:it kinda depends who's writing the list, really, doesn't it?
rogue yam said:You assume everyone is as corrupt as you. Not true.
rogue yam said:You assume everyone is as corrupt as you. Not true.
rogue yam said:Oil is far, far cheaper than any other alternative resource. So long as this is true, and it will clearly be true for at least several more decades no matter what the hippies might wish, there will be huge wealth and thus high tension, if not wars, in oil-producing countries.
Binkie said:Yeah the system stinks. Power to the people.

it's true that the information should not be accepted at face value - but nor should it be dismissed just because u don't like it.Rentonite said:First off i doubt that this situation even closely resembles how it has been reported, But since it reinforces some folks political beliefs then it is accepted at face value.
they're not. doesn't mean its right. do you condone the execution of civilians who may have housed enemy combatants?Rentonite said:Second, I dont feel that some civilian casualtys are rare or unusual.
so therefore, the enemy = muslim, the US kill must kill muslims "the enemy"? i am following your clear and balanced logic. how many of the muslim/enemy do the US need to kill before they will have won the "US/Muslim war" as you put it? a few more thousand? all of the muslims in the world?Rentonite said:human nature is to Kill the enemy
We Must Kill the enemy, THAT is the solution and the true path to victory in the current U.S. / Muslim war.
so those who complain about the killing of muslim civilians should also be killed? should we be killed also because we dare to challenge your great and dear leaders?Rentonite said:All the knit picking and rabbid opposition disqualifys those that complain
The complainers are obviously enemys.
i don't think even you know what you're banging on about here.Rentonite said:All the Hippie Anti war protesters are dependant on the War NOT widening
If or "when" the war Really gets Rolling the seperation of the goats from the Rams will begin in ernest,
so if you really hated something that concerned you very deeply you would just ignore it would you? somehow i think you might feel inclined to complain if me and my mates invaded your street, started rounding people up and shooting them...Rentonite said:If you truly hated this war then you wouldnt be talking about it so much
it would be something to avoid.
The War can easily be avoided
It is easy to avoid the war in Iraq just stop talking about it and turn your attention to other things.
that's because you're not prepared to believe that "your boys" might be capable of something like this. they should be innocent until proven guilty, but you are so blinkered you won't even accept that such an eventuality is possible.Rentonite said:Personally I dont Blame anyone for anything. I dont believe the reports in the first place.
that's because, like you, there are many powerful americans who are not prepared to accept that they may be culpable of wrong-doing and don't believe other americans should be allowed to make those choices for themselves. ignore all that upsets you, only believe what you are told by those you like.Rentonite said:This has not gotten any traction in the news here in the Good Ol U.S. of A.
Nor should it.
That is one more than is strictly neccessary.Ing_soc said:i'll give you one chance to say something sensible, otherwise i won't bother talking to you again.

yeah, but i like to think i'm being fairBackatcha Bandit said:That is one more than is strictly neccessary.![]()

Ing_soc said:you refer to killed civilians as 'crushed egg shells' -
i find the military term "collateral damage" more offensive in a way.
i think that the media (and obviously i don't mean bbc and itn) should try and at least add quotation marks at least every time they mention this disgusting and inhuman phrase.
collateral damage reminds me of dropping a tea cup to get to the boiling saucepan - something inconsequential; unimportant and irrelevant.
the way we use words says much about what we really think...
likesfish said:I doubt therethe biggest threat to the world theres unfortunatly a few more unstable leaders with access to nuclear weapons![]()

Rentonite said:Mmm Prolly shouldnt read what I have to say since it upsets your apple cart,
a big shot of truth can do that to people.
Well, Human Nature and the True Nature of War between humans has not changed At All
We will need to Kill enough of "Those People" untill We have conquered them
or they No longer exsist.
Or they will do the same to Us.
All the Carrying on and whipped up guilt about non combatants deaths
are as nothing.
So, do the muslim papers bewail the accidental deaths of Americans?
the beheading of non combatant american people? over there to help poor people?
the kidnapping/killing of aid workers?
Alderbran Do YOU expect me to Feel sorry?
Do you expect Me to somehow believe that the Enemy is some moral bunch of good ol boys out there doing the good for Allah?
If We chose to fight the Terrorists useing the same value system that They have employed in their actions against us
We Would Quickly DE Populate Most of the World.
Thats what we are looking at
I know I throw a monkey in your wrench pal.
thats because you know I am right.
The immutable truth is that when this war finally concludes it will be a very different world than what we we have now.
The FACT that the arab muslim peoples are only stewarts of their countrys is unchangeable.
The oil rich persian gulf is there for the taking, if that becomes neccessary.
That is just the way it is.
The World needs oil to operate
We have been willing to pay for the oil
That is what has created this silly situation.
The British should have kept the middle east and managed it better
the decision to let it go to the natives is the root of this whole problem.
We (that means the world) will not tolerate a unstable oil supply.
and the United States will not tolerate attacks on our country.
Kinda simple isnt it...
The Truth is the entire middle east exsistance is dependant on our forbearance.
when that Forbearance ends.............there will be changes.
May be it will not come to that
May be the Arab muslim terrorists will just stop all this fighting and go home.....
and we can bring our boys home....
May be pigs will fly.........
To help my perspective,
So,.......
How many thousand tons of Steel per year does Iraq make?
How many Aircraft?
computerchips?
how many space vehicles launched?
What do "Those people" do besides sell oil pumped out of the ground with equipment made in America.
from wells drilled by Americans with American Drilling rigs......
We NEED arabian oil
We dont need Arabians.
But the Arabians dont know that
is your blood boiling yet?
the truth hurts huh.........
Rentonite said:is your blood boiling yet?
the truth hurts huh.........
Crispy said:Ah shit, you're right. I never looked at it like that before. Can you teach me to fire a gun?
EDIT : fire, not shoot a gun. If I shot a gun, then I would need two guns.