Monday, November 19, 2007

Oil, and the state of American mentality

James Hamilton presents a very balanced look at the World Oil Supply, though he doesn’t enter into speculation on methods to rejuvenate older fields. It is all a question of Pocket pressures, where Oil production in new fields is added by the higher pressures of the original state, in the extraction of the Oil. Some Oil companies are experimenting with injecting Greenhouse gases deeper in the fields than the Oil-producing wells. Other companies are attempting to pump water at depth in the fields to maintain the pressure. The Greenhouse gasses provide an added chemical reaction to separate the Oil from the holding sands and clay. The problem with the later is the Cost of Sequestration of the Greenhouse gasses, which actually does very little to improve the environment, considering the released gasses present in the Oil itself. My Solution would be to pump raw sewage to the bottom of the Oil fields, a process which would provide the needed chemical reaction, bury affluent whose degeneration releases great amounts of methane gas–a far worse Greenhouse gas, and which would be far cheaper to obtain. It has a much greater attraction, in that it would produce a larger interjection of pressure on the Oil, which would increase over time through the degeneration process.

Here is a Post which almost All will actually find hard to answer. Are the allegations true? Most Readers would hopefully claim not, but all hold the glow of truth; meaning their charge will be hard to bury. The greatest share of Americans are disenfranchised, recognizing their leadership have not been working in their own interest for years. They have little association with Immigration outside the economic arena, and the majority of small Businesses are still mainly employing Workers who they watched grow up. They watch their Property taxes go up to fund Education for Immigrants, as their children have cultural conflicts with Immigrant youth. They endure Coffee and Lunch Breaks where English is a foreign language in their own lunch room. They go to a Walmart or Pizza Hut, and Spanish rings in their ears. The worst Insult comes when they watch their own Incomes stagnate, while illegal Immigrants fill Showroom floors looking at vehicles which they themselves cannot afford. Americans wonder where the promise of America has gone.

Tim Haab wonders why Walmart even bothers to be Green. He can identify with Walmart’s desire to make Money, but has trouble with Kant’s moral obligations. He should not worry, because Many before him have struggled with Kant’s offer of a perfect world, by venue of the pursuit of a pure heart. Walmart may do injury, or perhaps aid, by their desire for the wealth in the pockets of Those feeling guilty about the rape of the Earth. Neither Case will incite irreversible damage, either to the altruistic, or to the immortal Kant. It will make Walmart serious money, else it will be discarded. lgl

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