*shudder*I agree. We need another Jimmy Carter in the White House.
Cloud 9--
And we were supposed to run out 10 years ago, and we're gonna run out in 5 years, and in 20, and in 30, etc., depending on when it was decided. Every time they tell us we're about to run out of oil, we still somehow manage to find more.
AkiraMakie--
O3 is heavier than air, but it's created (and destroyed, and recreated, etc; the supposed problem is that CFC's get into this cycle and bind up the Oxygen so it can't get recreated) constantly.
Likewise, CFC's are four to eight times heavier than air, which means if they're not put into the atmosphere, they're not getting there. Instead they go to the ground, where they're broken down by various ground-living bacteria.
As far as ANWR is concerned, the same dire predictions were made about Prudhoe Bay--it wouldn't supply enough oil, it'd ruin the environment, it would destroy the native species, and not only has it become one of our major sources of oil, but animal populations have skyrocketed since it and other oilworks (such as the Pipeline) were built.
The major problem, however, is not production, but refinement. Because of environmental restrictions, we haven't built any new refineries in decades, and the ones that are there are breaking down and generally getting old. All the crude oil in the world won't propel one car one foot until it's refined into gasoline.
And other sources of energy would be a great idea--if they worked. They don't, and putting the entire nation on a starvation diet won't make them work.
