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Cal Thomas promotes bike commuting
Cal Thomas is a syndicated op-ed columnist, about as conservative as
the Pope is Catholic. Today's column makes the following points: a) The oil companies are good guys. They should continue to get $17 billion in tax breaks from our government. b) The US should drill for oil offshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, etc. c) "A slow transition [to non-oil energy sources] will also give us time to consider more fuel-efficient cars and greater use of public transportation, even bicycles for short trips. Bikes would help more of us lose weight and get in shape. A friend bikes to work every day, saving gas, car payments, insurance and repair costs." The first two points illustrate that he's not turned into a left- leaning softie overnight. The third point illustrates that it's not only left-leaning softies that see value in biking. - Frank Krygowski |
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On May 14, 9:24 am, Frank Krygowski wrote:
b) The US should drill for oil offshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, etc. What are these people smoking? Drilling in previously off-limits areas will have no significant positive effect on America's energy dependence or the price of oil or the price of gasoline. People who believe otherwise, and clearly there are a lot of them, completely misunderstand the nature of the predicament, which has become coming down the tracks at us for about 40 years, ever since this country became an oil importer instead of an exporter. Look: today the US produces about half the crude it did near our production peak 35-40 years ago. We peaked out at about 10 million barrels per day -- not for lack of drilling, quite the opposite. Today we consume more than 20 million barrels per day and manage to produce only about one quarter of that in the US. People need to put down the crack pipe and realize there is no way we are going to drill our way to energy independence or even make a serious dent in it. Robert |
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, Frank Krygowski wrote: Cal Thomas is a syndicated op-ed columnist, about as conservative as the Pope is Catholic. Today's column makes the following points: a) The oil companies are good guys. They should continue to get $17 billion in tax breaks from our government. b) The US should drill for oil offshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, etc. c) "A slow transition [to non-oil energy sources] will also give us time to consider more fuel-efficient cars and greater use of public transportation, even bicycles for short trips. Bikes would help more of us lose weight and get in shape. A friend bikes to work every day, saving gas, car payments, insurance and repair costs." The first two points illustrate that he's not turned into a left- leaning softie overnight. The third point illustrates that it's not only left-leaning softies that see value in biking. - Frank Krygowski Sheesh. An affirmation of the bicycle's value as a corollary of ideology. Must everything be politicized? |
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SMS wrote:
wrote: On May 14, 9:24 am, Frank Krygowski wrote: b) The US should drill for oil offshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, etc. What are these people smoking? Nothing, they're Republicans. Actually, in my experience they're just more surreptitious about where they obtain their recreational pharmaceuticals. Well, and they're more likely to have a prescription addiction if they're not using illegal drugs. -- Dane Buson - "There is no underestimating the intelligence of the American public." -H. L. Mencken |
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On 2008-05-14, Frank Krygowski wrote:
Cal Thomas is a syndicated op-ed columnist, about as conservative as the Pope is Catholic. Today's column makes the following points: [yada, yada] c) "A slow transition [to non-oil energy sources] will also give us time to consider more fuel-efficient cars and greater use of public transportation, even bicycles for short trips. Bikes would help more of us lose weight and get in shape. A friend bikes to work every day, saving gas, car payments, insurance and repair costs." The first two points illustrate that he's not turned into a left- leaning softie overnight. The third point illustrates that it's not only left-leaning softies that see value in biking. John Thompson wrote: Sure, but do note that it is Cal's "friend" who bikes to work, not Cal himself. Sacrifice is always easier when you don't have to do it yourself. N.B. Personally, I don't see commuting by bike to be a sacrifice; I do it until the ice on the roads makes it unsafe. But for people like Cal Thomas, giving up a motor vehicle is a major sacrifice. Maybe not. For all we know, he takes the train. (I have no clue, personally) \\paul -- Paul M. Hobson ..:change the f to ph to reply:. |
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b) The US should drill for oil offshore, in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge, etc. Why don't the "conservatives" get it? And by "get it" I mean recognize that we're better off NOT drilling for oil up there now, but keeping it in the ground as a strategic reserve, available in the event we REALLY need it, and then basically stick it to the man. Meanwhile, we work to hurt those that have the oil by reducing demand, and freely share whatever technologies to save oil we can come up with. Again, sticking it to the man. "The man" being whomever has lots of oil that they sell for lots of money. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "Frank Krygowski" wrote in message ... Cal Thomas is a syndicated op-ed columnist, about as conservative as the Pope is Catholic. Today's column makes the following points: a) The oil companies are good guys. They should continue to get $17 billion in tax breaks from our government. b) The US should drill for oil offshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, etc. c) "A slow transition [to non-oil energy sources] will also give us time to consider more fuel-efficient cars and greater use of public transportation, even bicycles for short trips. Bikes would help more of us lose weight and get in shape. A friend bikes to work every day, saving gas, car payments, insurance and repair costs." The first two points illustrate that he's not turned into a left- leaning softie overnight. The third point illustrates that it's not only left-leaning softies that see value in biking. - Frank Krygowski |
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On May 14, 3:30 pm, John Thompson wrote:
But that's not the reason why they want to drill in the ANWR. There's good money to be made pumping that oil and they want to get it before somebody else does. Exactly. |
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On May 14, 6:59 pm, "Bill Sornson" wrote:
Exactly wrong, of course. It's U.S. territory, so no one else will "get it" -- unlike, say, international waters near the mainland, where other countries are drilling today while the oh-so-cautious U.S. dares not even try. He meant, no other companies will get it. Whichever companies that develop that oil, any oil, are going to make a ton off it. Developing that oil will not, however, have any significant effect on the big picture of this country's dependence on foreign oil. (Note also that many of the companies that would be involved with developing and getting rich off said oil, from American soil, would likely be foreign owned.) BTW, Congress approved exploring/drilling in Alaska back in the '90s, but Bill Clinton vetoed it. The U.S. would be getting a /lot/ of oil from there today if not for that. Bill "more supply, more jobs, lower prices...can't have that!" S. You obviously have no clue what's going on. |
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On May 14, 5:31 pm, Luke wrote:
In article , Frank Krygowski wrote: Cal Thomas is a syndicated op-ed columnist, about as conservative as the Pope is Catholic. Today's column makes the following points: a) The oil companies are good guys. They should continue to get $17 billion in tax breaks from our government. b) The US should drill for oil offshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, etc. c) "A slow transition [to non-oil energy sources] will also give us time to consider more fuel-efficient cars and greater use of public transportation, even bicycles for short trips. Bikes would help more of us lose weight and get in shape. A friend bikes to work every day, saving gas, car payments, insurance and repair costs." The first two points illustrate that he's not turned into a left- leaning softie overnight. The third point illustrates that it's not only left-leaning softies that see value in biking. - Frank Krygowski Sheesh. An affirmation of the bicycle's value as a corollary of ideology. Must everything be politicized? Well, he is a political columnist, you know. - Frank Krygowski |
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