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RE: [RC] Who to blame for high fuel costs - on Ridecamp??? - Smith, Dave

Angie:  I think this has a lot to do with our sport, if the rising cost of gas and diesel prevents us from getting to the venue to practice it.  I too am for the development of alternative energy technologies.  But that is not going relieve us of our current problem which simply states is how to get myself and my horse to the ride without going bankrupt. I appreciate you have a different outlook on this and I fully admit that I don’t have all the answers.  But in an economy based on supply and demand, it only makes sense that we need to address both the supply of oil and the artificial regulatory impediments to increasing that supply; as well as finding every way possible to reduce demand.  Renewable energy will play an important role in reducing oil demand, but those incremental reductions are vastly outmatched by the huge increase in worldwide oil demand as China, India and many other places move out their Third-World status.  We here in the states have no control over that.  All the solar and wind-generated electricity we could reasonably envision being developed over the next decade will save but a drop in the petroleum bucket compared to the sea of oil flowing to these developing nations. Since oil is a worldwide commodity, any increase in demand without an increase in supply will mean only one thing:  higher prices.  

 


From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Angie Fura
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:02 AM
To: Ridecamp
Subject: [RC] Who to blame for high fuel costs - on Ridecamp???

 

I am one of those "so-called" environmentalists and I don't advocate a one-day boycott. I don't think that will solve anything.   I also don't think that opening up new oil fields is an effective solution to address skyrocketing gas prices.  That will only address the symptoms and not the root cause of the issue which is dependence on oil.  In my opinion, we need to invest our efforts in alternative energy solutions and reduce consumption. 

 

Everyone has their own opinion of what should be done.  And we're each entitled to think and vote independently.  But I'm not sure why we're talking about this issue on Ridecamp.  Aren't we supposed to be talking about horses?  What's next, capital punishment?
 

Angie Fura
Trace Tribute 25/55
www.tracetribute.com

 

  The so-called environmentalists and the politicians in their pockets want you to got out and boycott the local gas station.  That way, you won't see that it is them, not the oil industry that is behind this problem.  It's the old "Texas Two-Step,"

dazzle 'em with your footwork and they won't see you taking the wallet from your back pocket. 

 


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