On Thu, 11 May 2006 06:48:20 -0400, PagCal <pagcal@runbox.com> wrote:

Please add to your list:

conservation

for transportation, switching to green sources of energy such as
bio-deisel and ethanol.

Another belated reply......sorry.
I've been onboard with that for years.
Glad to see the country catching up (the U.S.....not Brazil)

for electric generation, switch to solar.

Not sure how practical that is for large output.
I'm no expert but am liking nuke plants for that.

And, guess what? If you did, you'd be solving the looming Global Warming
issues as well.

I'm beginning to buy into your global warming argument too.

can_o_worms wrote:

What Congress Can Do About Soaring Gas Prices

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul322.html

by Rep. Ron Paul

Before the U.S. House of Representatives
May 2, 2006

excerpt from speech :

Gasoline prices are soaring and the people are
screaming. And they want something done about
it - now!

$100 rebate checks to American motorists won’t cut
it, nor will mandatory mileage requirements for new
vehicles. Taxing oil profits will only force prices
higher. But there are some very important things we
can do immediately to help.

First: We must reassess our foreign policy and
announce some changes. One of the reasons we went
into Iraq was to secure "our" oil. Before the Iraq
war oil was less than $30 per barrel; today it is
over $70. The sooner we get out of Iraq and allow
the Iraqis to solve their own problems the better.
Since 2002 oil production in Iraq has dropped 50%.
Pipeline sabotage and fires are routine; we have been
unable to prevent them. Soaring gasoline prices are
a giant unintended consequence of our invasion, pure
and simple.

Second: We must end our obsession for a military
confrontation with Iran. Iran does not have a
nuclear weapon, and according to our own CIA is not
on the verge of obtaining one for years. Iran is not
in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty,
and has a guaranteed right to enrich uranium for
energy - in spite of the incessant government and
media propaganda to the contrary. Iran has never been
sanctioned by the UN Security Council. Yet the
drumbeat grows louder for attacking certain sites in
Iran, either by conventional or even nuclear means.
Repeated resolutions by Congress stir up unnecessary
animosity toward Iran, and create even more concern
about future oil supplies from the Middle East. We
must quickly announce we do not seek war with Iran,
remove the economic sanctions against her, and
accept her offer to negotiate a diplomatic solution
to the impasse. An attack on Iran, coupled with our
continued presence in Iraq, could hike gas prices to
$5 or $6 per gallon here at home. By contrast, a
sensible approach toward Iran could quickly lower
oil prices by $20 per barrel.

Rest of article at :

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul322.html




--

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

John J. Mearsheimer
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science

Stephen M. Walt
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government

http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP06-011

( has polemical response from Alan Dershowitz at site )

Edited non-PDF version :

http://www.lrb.co.uk./v28/n06/mear01_.html