Reads with Scotch ’s Comments (group member since Mar 14, 2008)

Reads with Scotch ’s comments from the Axis Mundi X group.

cherp cherp... see the bluejay Donna? Doesn't it look pretty? Want lunch?

Yes I think it would be pretty sweet. Just imagine a nice quiet train speeding along, sprinting out of L.A. in 3 hours you could be at yellow stone, 6 Chicago, 9 New York. Nice no? Nice fluffy comfy seats. Freedom to get up and move about the cabin, maybe visit the dinning car.

}:-o Never give up on red meat. If you do then the atmosphere will deteriorate due to all the added methane gas.

Suckers are a good supplement for the lack of sugar Charissa.

Realistically, I think we could have Hydrogen off the ground and running within 10 years. It would take a lot of government investment. I think a suitable split would be 40% government investment to 60% private. I know **they say hydrogen is too expensive, but what they really mean is setting up the infrastructure is expensive. I argue that if we quit bailing out the airline industry we would have plenty of moneys available to invest into the infrastructure.

I am all for Hydrogen, it is the ONLY alternative energy source that has a realistic chance of being clean and abundant.

Additionally I would like to see a lot of money go into a nationwide “bullet” train system. Fast affordable mass transportation that doesn’t require a stool sample to ride.



** “They” I don’t know who they are. I just always hear that hydrogen is uber expensive. I think “they” know that their argument won’t stand up to much scrutiny.

I think there is enough drive to push development of alternitives, I can be wrong though.

That is interesting; I have to disagree with him on oil production. The reduction in oil production is due to being unable to Cycle wells. This is a practice of pumping a well, capping it and opening it later 10-15 years. With our drilling tech we can only drill so deep. So the wells are no longer "productive"
But if you give the well "rest" the deep oil rises to the surface again. Nobody knows where it comes from, but if you let an oil field rest long enough it will fill itself back up. So why not use it? Because congress passed a law, saying that if a company isn't using the well they loose it, once you loose the rights to that well it is next impossible to get the rights back. So the oil companies reduce production on near exhausted wells to allow the well to rest, this drives production statistics way down since the wells are officially open but not really producing.

Am I making this clear, or just mumbling?

I like it rough!

Oil Companies have a pretty bad image. Sometimes it is warranted but often it is not. I really can’t comment on Pickens because until very recently I have never herd of him.

A word on Oil prices: I think your assessment is sound NB, The mere mention of drill offshore dropped oil considerably in just a few days. To say that is all due to people driving less is ridiculous. The change wouldn’t be that drastic. I think it has more to do with President Bush opening offshore drilling (even though congress didn’t act on it).

This is something people need to pay close attention to. You see; people in the industry know we are sitting on enough oil/natural gas to command the market. Not think we are, KNOW we are. Nobody in the Middle East wants the US to exploit our own resources, and develop the fields. We would take all the wind out of their sails. Oil prices would plummet and there would probably be an economic crunch for 6 months wail the markets adjusted back to normal. 6 months is actually more then enough time, as soon as oil drops fuel drops food prices drop, shipping drops, with all that added money freed up in the economy we might even be able to turn the housing market around (that is a whole thread on its own, and really requires some regulation of lenders, mortgage brokers).

With the pressure off everyone’s pocket, it also frees up more moneys for viable alternative energy. I think Bio-fuels have been talked about enough to know they will never replace oil based energy. The rate of return just isn’t there. Every major city in the country would be strapped to produce enough. (Because it has to be produced locally otherwise you consume its gained energy during transportation.) Additionally I have herd it actually produces more greenhouse emissions then normal fuel, just different kinds. So expensive dirty alternative to oil… hmm I don’t think so, where is the progress in that?

I think I have strayed off course here so I will step off my high horse and go do some work. ;)

mmm that sounds like a nice bit for the LHC, donna.

If one were to go that route I defiantly recommend lube though.

I know you are making a real point Charissa, but the only image in my mind is butt sex and Charissa. I have been away from home too long a time.

I can see your point Donna. It's funny, that I can be so clueless when engaging in mindless banter; I think I shape up nicely when it is a real issue though. Respectable of people’s points of view even when I think they are being a bit delusional...

Wait that is probably exactly what you’re talking about isn't it.

I think they should rename the cable news to rightwing/leftwing agenda opinions networks

You are hitting on a dead subject here NB. Every time I start talking about energy or the industry I work in the thread dies. I really don't know why. It's pretty important. Maybe it was just a bad time in people’s lives at the time(s) it was brought up. But it seems to have happened every time so I quit asking.

I take that back I did have a good conversation with Lisa. I think she really missed the point and didn't understand what I was saying. Either I was not articulating myself properly, or she just buried her head in the sand. Either way the topic was never fleshed out.

I concur NB.

So because he is a good business man he can't have a solid plan. I hate when people (not you NB) use the "he's going to make money from it" argument... I don't have a problem with the guy making money on his plan if it works. He should be compensated for lowering the energy costs of the nation. Hell give him a raise. As long as it is proportionate to the success of the plan... Again though I really don't have a leg in this because I have not seen the meat and potatoes of it yet.

I think what you’re talking about is youth’s belief that social status means something… isn’t that what drama is all about? Some hysterical excited argument that everyone gets to put their two cents in on, but at the end of the day who really cares is Carlie did the nasty with Tommy. Does it matter, no. I think as you grow up (mentally not calendar years) you stop getting evolved with drama. Some people live there whole lives without ditching the drama queen/king thing.

As usual Donna surpasses her peers and flaunts it without seeming like she is… crafty crafty… I’m so on to you Donna.

Perhaps, I think it is because they consider it a political site. They are bastards anyway. I'll just have to read it when I get home.

I actually caught the last 30 min of it last night, woot! I still think the SgtMaj’s character is off somehow. I think I narrowed it down to Incompetence. I don’t think I ever encountered an incompetent SgtMaj. before. They are all assholes, but competent assholes.

A word about accuracy: For the most part the show is accurate however I think they are over inflating the number of the poor leadership. Every unit has a weak link in the command chain, but this unit is riddled with poor leadership. Except for the enlisted ranks. It might be that HBO is trying to emphasize the important's of the enlisted ranks in the Iraqi war; being the back bone. This can be helpful to those that do not have an intimate knowledge of the military, but as a military man, I find it to be blown way out of proportion. Another problem I had with last nights showing was when “Godfather” changed the ROE’s. That is not the role of a battalion commander. That comes from the top of the food chain. If a Batt. Commander changed the ROE’s then I believe he would be relieved of command and facing some pretty heavy court marshal charges.

I suppose if I were to kill myself in a ball park Wriggly field would be the one I chose.

Oh, got ya... I hate how some things are lost when communicating via the web.