[Rhodes22-list] ss to Brad, Ed and others re oil

[stan]

This is out of the box and off the wall and I don't know what would actually 
happen but like FDR says, try it and if does not work,  try something else:

Tighten belts, live on whatever energy, other than oil, we can produce 
here - hang the cost of producing alternate energy since we will do it 
within the bounds of the US with printed inflated dollars.  (Printing more 
money will drive the price of the dollar down even further which, as 
follows, is part of the plan - desperate people should do desperate things)

And export most all the oil we produce (and can produce like the 100 years 
of our oil off the coast of Alaska).  Use the money we get from the sale of 
our oil at these inflated prices to  buy up what would then be super cheap 
overseas dollars plus leverage all the gold in Fort Knox to buy up all the 
world gold options we possibly can.

Pay off all our international debts with all the cheap dollars we bought on 
the money exchange market, using the money we get from the sale of our 
expensive oil

Then,   put the dollar back on the gold standard,     for a while and

turn the world financial markets on their heads


it might work out in our favor  -  you got a better idea?

And it probably can all be done in less than the 5 years (and still 
counting) of war we are currently investing in.

ss/ec

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Herb said, ".... (Big Al, Political, but)


> Herb,
>
> Sometimes these problems are very simple to solve but no politician from
> either party has the balls or lack of BS to do it!  Give people a choice -
> all foreign oil will be taxed such that the consumer cost is $6-7 per 
> gallon
> of gasoline.  Domestic US oil is tax free.  You'd hear the cry go around 
> the
> nation immediately! Drill ANWAR! Drill the coasts!  Convert coal to oil!
> Screw the enviro-whackos! But no, politicians play along with the idea 
> that
> oil is a "right" and some even suggest confiscating "excess profits" from
> oil companies.  Meanwhile, we support thuggery and Islamic terrorists all
> the while listening to pols who proclaim they can produce something for
> nothing. American voters play along like stupid little children.
>
> Just once I'd love to hear a real leadership speech on energy.  I could 
> give
> one in less than 60 seconds: "Fellow Americans, the "easy" oil has been
> distributed across the planet unevenly, and mostly in places unfriendly 
> the
> US.  We can drill for the known reserves off our coasts and in Alaska, or 
> we
> can compete with China and India on the world market. We can artifically
> inflate the price of hydrocarbons to spur  alternative developments, or we
> can take drastic conservation measures. What we can't do is change
> geopolitical and geophysical reality via empty promises.  You're all 
> adults,
> pick which way you want to go or STFU".
>
> Brad
>
>
> On 3/27/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dang. I hate it when I have a senior moment.
>>
>> That should have been "one time 100% income tax abatement (", not "one
>> time 100% income ("
>>
>> Herb Parsons wrote:
>> > I realized I was over-simplifying, but let me see if I understand this.
>> >
>> > You're saying that if we "take" too much of the profits from those evil
>> > oil companies, they may reach a tipping point where they may decide to
>> > gather their marbles and play elsewhere?
>> >
>> > As soon as those evil oil companies made that business decision,
>> > couldn't we just force them to stay in the US?
>> >
>> > Don't they have a name for that?
>> >
>> > You know, if people were serious about wanting to encourage "alternate
>> > energy sources", there are ways to do it within the free enterprise
>> > system without trying to take money away from a business.
>> >
>> > Here's a wild thought - a one time 100% income (personal, not 
>> > corporate)
>> > for any individual purchasing a hybrid car.
>> >
>> > Wanna take bets on how many much demand there would be?
>> >
>> > If you really want to get creative, announce it two years in advance,
>> > and give the auto companies a chance to ramp up.
>> >
>> >
>>
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