2008 Woodie Awards
Fuel Efficiency is Only An Illusion
Restrictions and regulations for the oil industry would spell economic disaster.
James Dabbagian
Issue date: 11/3/04 Section: Opinion
America has a responsibility to meet the demands of its people by any means necessary.
Regardless of an energy crisis, there are plenty of ways to keep America's gas supply plentiful. Regulation and alternatives could result in economic disaster and damage the oil industry in America due to the masses of people who depend on cars to get around.
If people are unable to travel to their destinations, whether it be to their place of work, shopping or even just out to dinner, then money wouldn't circulate as freely and the economic climate would suffer.
Furthermore, more regulation would force the oil industry to spend additional funds to keep within the regulations and in order for the industry to compensate, gas prices will increase.
With recent advances in technology, oil shortage could be a thing of the past. A system known as thermo depolymerization promises to turn our trash into treasure, literally.
The process of TDP takes regular carbon-based garbage, which is essentially anything in the average household and turns it into usable crude oil, ready for the refinery.
A hundred pounds of tires can become 44 pounds of oil and a similar amount of medical waste can be converted into 65 pounds of oil, according to National Geographic News.
Americans accumulate millions of tons of garbage each year. Using TDP, we can turn left-wing talk of a fuel shortage into trash talk that leads the way to cheap fuel.
America produces 5,681,000 barrels of oil each day and imports 9,665,000 barrels a day, according to the Energy Information Administration.
With the advent of TDP many more barrels will be available and fuel shortage will become a story of hard times that is told to grandchildren.
It may be bad for the environment, but in spite of supposedly dwindling supplies America is destined to be a gas-guzzling nation.
It's America's responsibility to give people what they want, so they can get where they want to go.
Regardless of an energy crisis, there are plenty of ways to keep America's gas supply plentiful. Regulation and alternatives could result in economic disaster and damage the oil industry in America due to the masses of people who depend on cars to get around.
If people are unable to travel to their destinations, whether it be to their place of work, shopping or even just out to dinner, then money wouldn't circulate as freely and the economic climate would suffer.
Furthermore, more regulation would force the oil industry to spend additional funds to keep within the regulations and in order for the industry to compensate, gas prices will increase.
With recent advances in technology, oil shortage could be a thing of the past. A system known as thermo depolymerization promises to turn our trash into treasure, literally.
The process of TDP takes regular carbon-based garbage, which is essentially anything in the average household and turns it into usable crude oil, ready for the refinery.
A hundred pounds of tires can become 44 pounds of oil and a similar amount of medical waste can be converted into 65 pounds of oil, according to National Geographic News.
Americans accumulate millions of tons of garbage each year. Using TDP, we can turn left-wing talk of a fuel shortage into trash talk that leads the way to cheap fuel.
America produces 5,681,000 barrels of oil each day and imports 9,665,000 barrels a day, according to the Energy Information Administration.
With the advent of TDP many more barrels will be available and fuel shortage will become a story of hard times that is told to grandchildren.
It may be bad for the environment, but in spite of supposedly dwindling supplies America is destined to be a gas-guzzling nation.
It's America's responsibility to give people what they want, so they can get where they want to go.
