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| 2008-01-10 |
From a review of the recently book "Energy Victory""Energy Victory" details not only a plan for energy independence, but demonstrates conclusively the absurdity of our present national energy policy. From pointing out the role of Saudi Arabia in spreading worldwide the fanatic Islamic Wahhabi worldview and that worldview's direct ties to our current "terror war," to the use of petroleum wealth in buying influence in the corridors of Washington, our national energy policy is seriously missing the mark of American national interest. For anyone still doubting that Islamic terrorism is a grave threat because of the vast wealth of the oil Sheiks being used to finance it, and the influence that their wealth buys in the corridors of power in the world's remaining "superpower," Zubrin's first sixty pages are conclusive for all but those few still awaiting their second cup of Kool–Aid. A podcast interview with the author from 9 Jan 2008 is here. There are 3 important sections of this: ---- (1) the West is financing the Jihad by its dependence on, and exorbitant payments for, jihadi oil -----(2) the West is ignoring the basic significance of the Jihad by püssyfooting around the tender feelings of Islamists and their fifth-columnists everywhere (e.g., by calling it the WOT) and ----- (3) the West is doing as little as possible to lessen its dependence on jihadi oil. The three factors form a vicious cycle. This is not about subsidizing domestic ethanol production. I await the usual responses. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #16 Ah, but there is a small Lamarckian component to evolution. The average height of adults has increased several inches since revolutionary times. Some recent work in mice has shown that fur color in infants can be influenced by the mother's diet and we know that we can't make any mammal fetus grow past a few cell divisions without a living womb. So there must be hormonal interactions between mother and fetus that affect the fetus' growth and ultimate phenotype. But how far does that Lamarckian component swing the composite vector away from the Darwinian axis? My guess is not much. |
| Posted by: Crackpot Physics 2008-01-10 19:02 |
| #15 Ah, so anyone who criticizes Zubrin is closed-minded? hmm. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-01-10 14:46 |
| #14 One of my crazy thoughts for the day; how about someone patent a fuel from human fecal matter. Lord knows there's enough of that on the planet -figuratively and litteraly. John Edwards and Al Gore would prolly both be worth 400 lbs a piece for all the crap they produce. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-01-10 14:02 |
| #13 Ex...dont forget Lysenko! Science is convenient to system maintenace....IMHO. take it too the bank what i've said. |
| Posted by: Spiny Gl 2511 2008-01-10 11:29 |
| #12 I've had the opportunity to read three or four reviews of the Zurbin book to date. I've yet to read an entirely negative review of the ideas put forth by Zurbin. Except by some of the good folk here at RB who I suspect havn't yet had the chance to read Zurbin's book. Keep an open mind until you read the book. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2008-01-10 10:48 |
| #11 I put abiogenic oil hypotheses on the same level as Lamarckian evolution and Lurian psychology; two other Soviet fads adopted so as to disagree with the West rather than do, for example, science. I would be delighted to be wrong. A ready supply of rocket fuel in the asteroid belt could come in real handy... |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-10 10:37 |
| #10 I listened to the podcast on my trip in this morning, and the guy makes a very persuasive case. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-01-10 10:11 |
| #9 porcopius said "Who has obstructed and denied access to domestic resources which would have greatly lessened the need for imports? " Question of the day for all insiders........news flash Oil is not a fossil fuel, it is the byproduct of meteor impacts. want to see it made in real time? go see the shoemaker levy photos after impact with jupiter....... our physics are as broke as much of our educational establishments. PS in the coldness of space, there are many moons in our solar system full of hydrocarbons, and as a footnote to this new idea.....them moons, had no dinosaurs... |
| Posted by: Spiny Gl 2511 2008-01-10 09:54 |
| #8 Penguin: Your point being what? |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2008-01-10 09:35 |
| #7 Zubrin also wroe this: "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must". |
| Posted by: Penguin 2008-01-10 09:19 |
| #6 item (2) is especially important. Until the West is comfortable rebranding this thing as the War on Islam (instead of the WOT) -- we are strolling towards defeat. |
| Posted by: Captain Lewis 2008-01-10 08:22 |
| #5 (1) the West... No - THE LEFT, there fixed it for you. Before they were green they were red. Who shut down nuclear growth after Three Mile Island with choruses of 'fear' [though fewer people died at the site than in a car driven by the loud bombastic Senator from Massachusetts - take that and put it in your windfarm]. Who has obstructed and denied access to domestic resources which would have greatly lessened the need for imports? Who's in the lead of nearly every NIMBY movement, local and national? It sure as the hell ain't been business. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-10 08:06 |
| #4 Oil will survive in our lifetime, but in fact it has gone the way of whale oil. The 20th Century has come and gone. We are in the 21st now. Fuel cells, magnetic, and nuclear are the here and now. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-10 05:55 |
| #3 Nuclear will solve the whole problem Word |
| Posted by: Ahmadinajad 2008-01-10 04:33 |
| #2 Nuclear will solve the whole problem. One way or another. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-01-10 03:44 |
| #1 I demand washington delegates read this and take appropriate action as soon as possible. DC needs to be good for something, if not, level it. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-01-10 01:18 |