Obama to announce auto mileage, emissions standards

[BanginJimmy]

Its just strange to me how when the "Drill here Drill now" initiative was put forth our dependency on oil was oh so important and urgent, but even an empty threat of taking away muscle cars (which wont happen) in an attempt to achieve the same goal and the sentiment goes from one spectrum to the other.

Drill here, Drill Now, was about reducing dependency on foreign oil, not oil as a product. If the US wants to reduce foreign oil consumption then we need to drill more. If the US wants to reduce oil consumption as a whole, we need a replacement for plastics, heating oil, most solvents, and oil fired power plants also, not just a few dollars a year in gasoline. Oil fired plants are easy, though expensive, to replace with nuclear plants. Plastics, heating oil and solvents are much harder to replace.

Lack of priorities and partisan bull ish is the reason why we can't make progress on issues like these.

Although I dont see this as anything more than govt intervention in business and completely unnecessary it cuts both ways. Both sides of the aisle are more interested in partisan politics than us on the street. Just look at that liar the dems put in as speaker of the house if you need further proof.

[tony]

Drill here, Drill Now, was about reducing dependency on foreign oil, not oil as a product.

Its the same thing, reduction of oil consumption in this country which in turn lessens our dependency. Actually higher standards is a more effective approach seeing as how when oil is produced it becomes a global commodity..

[BanginJimmy]

Its the same thing, reduction of oil consumption in this country which in turn lessens our dependency. Actually higher standards is a more effective approach seeing as how when oil is produced it becomes a global commodity..

Its not the same thing, but you are right, oil is a global commodity so domestic oil companies need to have some sort of benefit for selling domestically only.

[NevrNufTorq]

Its not the same thing, but you are right, oil is a global commodity so domestic oil companies need to have some sort of benefit for selling domestically only.

i love tony man, he comes up with some valid points but he's flopping on this one from the topic. now, it's WE dont wanna drilll elsewhere. no WE in it, i'm all for drilling here now. get your boy back on track, drill here now, and quit telling me what i have to buy!!!