ID's place to speak Comments - Brought to you by JoeUserhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/rss/comments© 2006 - 2008 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.en-us2008-07-25T12:45:482008-07-25T12:45:48http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.htmlStardock Rss Generator v1.0, Andrew Powellinfo@stardock.comapowell@stardock.comDr Guyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138What about Deductions? can I deduct for my 4 children? My mortgage? State taxes?If these deductions are available for you, certainly you have a right to take advantage of them.

But is it fair? I get to deduct my 4 children, you dont as you only have one child.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Dr Guy on Poor Whites Vote Republican?Dr Guyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Speculators are betting

That says it all, and is why congress is so freaking clueless! SPeculators do not control the odds, they bet them! The good ones do so intelligently. The bad ones lose. But in the end, they have as much effect on price as the gopher rats do.

In simple terms - speculators do not control the price. As they are just bidding on future contracts that SOMEONE has to use. They can bid up the price to a gazillion dollars, but if no one is going to pay that for the actual product, they lose.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Dr Guy on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get Ithemanherecomeshttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910

http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=65076361bt7.jpg]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48hemanherecomes on What Are You Working On? (Part II)hemanherecomeshttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910The things which annoy me are should I include cosmic dust too or not...
Adding will increase resource usage...so it's better to use a wallpaper.
And I had created a gaseous ring for Saturn which left it. So I will add another ring....
I had made blue and red comets too and some static cosmic stones which are not in screen-shot..
How many satellites will u prefer for jupiter and saturn?






]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48hemanherecomes on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Stramphttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910 ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Stramp on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Paladin77http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Due to the fact that we can't just up and rebuild our entire infrastructure (I agree with you on that) the next logical step is to develop and embrace new technologies that will use less gas or no gas at all. These alternatives already exist, we just need to start mass producing them in order to make them economically feasible. Drilling for more oil, on the other coin, will solve nothing and leave us in the exact same place we are today!

Here is where we disagree. First if we have the ability to pull more oil out of the ground it will reduce the price of gas. Speculators are betting that the supply will remain stable or fall off so they bet that the price will go up in the future. If more oil enters the market they will be stuck paying more for oil then it will be sold for on the open market. They lose a lot of money. 600 billion at last count. With cheaper oil and gas the economy will have more disposable income allowing companies to make more money and hire more workers and make more products.

Although alternatives are available none are going to solve the problem. Solar is good in some places nuclear is good in most places wind is a disaster and burns more oil than not having them at all.

Until we have a nuclear powered train they will continue to run on diesel fuel. Electric trains are not feasible for long haul travel. You can’t have air travel without jet fuel. There are no electric air planes that carry passengers. So for long distance travel you still have to have petro fuel.

Power plants require oil, or coal because we have not exploited nuclear power. If we started yesterday to build one it would take 10 to 25 years before the first volt of electricity would be sold.

Wind power, everyone without a brain wants wind power. Did you know that for wind powered generators to work you have to have an oil fired power plant running and burning fuel because wind is not constant or predictable? When the wind turbines turn they produce electricity but when the wind stops the oil fired power plants kick in. since it takes about six hours to get one fired up they have to keep them running day and night to supply electricity and the power generated by the wind is sold on the grid to help buy more fuel.

Solar power requires one thing that is hard to get and very expensive. Sand! Silicon dioxide if you want the scientific name. The same silicon used in making computer chips. The best quality silicon is used to make both computer chips and solar fuel cells. Because there is more demand than supply the price keeps going up. I was speaking to a producer of solar power cells last January and he told me that they now have a power cell that can generate as much power at a 12 inch square as they used to need a three yard square. The problem is that they need high quality silicon and computer chip makers have cornered the market on it. That’s right the “evil” computer companies are keeping us from having cheap solar power.

The problem with solar power is it only works in sunlight and when the sun goes down so does your electricity. For nigh time you need dirty batteries that pollute the planet to store energy to use when the sun is not shining. Once again solar power is not reliable because if you have a cloudy day you don’t get as much energy.

So all the alternative fuels and power sources are not as great at they are touted to be, and the only reliable power source we have is oil. Had we not stopped building nuclear power plants in the 70’s we would have been able to convert most of our coal and oil fired power plants to nuclear plants and reduced a lot of pollution. Tell me what alternative power sources are there that is available and reliable? Until we have that we have to drill and keep drilling for oil. you may not like it but what choice do we have?
]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Paladin77 on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get Ithemanherecomeshttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48hemanherecomes on What Are You Working On? (Part II)PurrBallhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318819]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318819http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318819Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48PurrBall on Trillian Astra: Build 83 Progressama02http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318819 ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318819http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318819Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48ama02 on Trillian Astra: Build 83 ProgressHAPTORKhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319150]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319150http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319150Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48HAPTORK on Google Takes on Wikipedia?theruler99http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138What about Deductions? can I deduct for my 4 children? My mortgage? State taxes?

If these deductions are available for you, certainly you have a right to take advantage of them.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48theruler99 on Poor Whites Vote Republican?MetalHellssAngelhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319150Sounds interesting we'll see if it takes off

]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319150http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319150Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48MetalHellssAngel on Google Takes on Wikipedia?Stramphttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910 ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Stramp on What Are You Working On? (Part II)vStylerhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910 ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48vStyler on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Stramphttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910
New Peliminary logon BRASS. May be size change to 1600x1200 with new render to eliminate that forced look? Although they seem to be popular.   ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Stramp on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Bebi Bulmahttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910 ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Bebi Bulma on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Mirsguyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910 ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Mirsguy on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Dr Guyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Nevertheless, the average American mileage is only 90 per week.

Miles per week? Try about 200+ - 12k/52 = 231. The 12k is the "low" side of an average car usage.

But regardless, America (and Canada which is just as bad per capita) is very spread out. Europe is packed in.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Dr Guy on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get Itstevendedalushttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Didn’t they once try to have it carpeted but could not decide on a colour?

Is that a Polish joke applied to Belgium?  ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48stevendedalus on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get Itstevendedalushttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366They are trying to apply European solutions to American problems when the sources and solutions are vastly different.

Nevertheless, the average American mileage is only 90 per week.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48stevendedalus on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get Itstevendedalushttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366I don’t understand what you mean here, please explain.

Clean up other countries but allow us to continue pollution.
Once the demand disappears, the supply will be irrelevant.


Such as all those reserves for the disappearing SUVs.

dry up the supply

Why? The train engineer still had to give up his shovel despite the abundance of coal.


]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48stevendedalus on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get ItvStylerhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Especially when it's widly off topic and in the wrong forum.

Seemed pertinent to me at the sime. Sorry if it bothered you that badly.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48vStyler on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Doronila1http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910
NT: Thats a cool blue m8, works a treat with the black!
Robbie: Funky design!
JA: Absolutely, not hopefully!
Brickhead: Cool curves and texture on that design.
Vstyler: Shame on you! ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Doronila1 on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Dr Guyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Europe has over 700 million people, more than twice the population of the U.S. One of the main reasons why their lifestyle uses so much less gas than Americans goes back to a split in policy decades ago.

And that is the main reason. YOu have twice the people in less space, so public transportation is viable. And in the US, in some places like the big cities, it is viable as well. But not for the vast majority of people.

The problem with the democrats is just that. They are trying to apply European solutions to American problems when the sources and solutions are vastly different.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Dr Guy on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get Itmessiah1http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Robbie, I like it, I like it alot.

vStyler, shame on you for posting wildly off topic stuff...GEEEEESE!]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48messiah1 on What Are You Working On? (Part II)little-whiphttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815My question is why must we emphasize Barack's middle name like it means something? It is just a name. It will save space and typing time to just say "Obama". We all get it. Also, protecting the nation sounds like a good thing to me.

My question is why, when the topic is as serious as a 'national security force' the most important thing you can find to whine about is how one chooses to address the man? I happen to LIKE using B.Hussein Obama, and the main reason I like it so much is because it always, and I mean ALWAYS drives a bug straight up the Obamabots' collective arses.

Educate yourself, young 'un, quit bitching about the way we write his name and do a google on what we're talking about. The man's a facist and he's got you hypnotized with his shiny new show.

Well, some of us have seen it before. Take a look for yourself. I suck at embedding, so just click a link or two. Your mind will thank you for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FphuBPNYcWo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3jHxmLEP6g

This is how it starts, you see. The disarmament of the average citizen (can we spell gun control to keep you nice and safe?) and then the formation of a National Police Force. That's all cool, ya know, until it's your kind they come after next...and then it's not so fun after all.

Pull your heads out of your asses you little Obamabots, chuck the hand-holding and rock-star appearances and hissy fits about his NAME and learn what history has to teach you about who he IS.



]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48little-whip on Obama Proposes "National Security Force"Artysimhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366
All right! Now I see, it all becomes clear now. You are insane.

Hey! I resemble that remark.

Yes, the European way is a good first step and over decades they slowly changed over one small town at a time. With populations of under a hundred million you can move a bit quicker. With the United States that has a population of over 300 million not including illegal’s changing over the country will not be easy or quick. Europe started its change over in the 70’s and they are no where near finished. Your solution is to make the same change in less than ten years. This is not impossible but it is impossibly expensive. The cost of changing over the California school system to CFL’s and putting up solar panels was costing them more than they were saving. The cost was so high it broke the budget and they had to call a halt to the transition because they had reached the point where they could not pay the electric bill and pay teachers. That is just one district in one state only dealing with school property. To then tear down the shopping malls and all the buildings and build it in the European style would halt all progress in the country.

Well, it's more complicated than that. For starters, Europe has over 700 million people, more than twice the population of the U.S. One of the main reasons why their lifestyle uses so much less gas than Americans goes back to a split in policy decades ago. If you ever go to Europe (and yes, this is a blanket generalization so it's not like this EVERYWHERE on the continent) you will see that there is reliable train travel most places you go. Years ago it was decided in the U.S that the main modes of transportation would be automobile and airplane, with trains relegated to hauling mostly freight. So massive amounts of public money was spent to build the highway system, while in Europe those funds went more to train systems.

Also, thanks to much older cities with smaller roads and more population density, there's not much of a market in Europe for big SUV's and trucks that get 15-20 mpg (on a good day). Instead smaller cars are preferred and they tend to have much better mileage so they get more bang for their buck. Sure, Germany has the Autobahn but as you drive along it you'll see solar panels at regular intervals throughout.

Here in north America, we haven't made any changes to our lifestyle, in fact in the last 15 years it's gotten worse. Some genius decided that the way to go was with the "big box" concept of shopping areas... instead of shopping malls, now we have the massive waste of space that are outdoor complexes. You know, a Walmart, with giant parking lot. Next to it is a Chapters or Home Depot, with big parking lot. And so on, with a bunch of other big-name brand stores, a movie theater, the requisite Chilli's or Montana's or Outback Steakhouse. So why am I rambling on about this pointless nonsense?

Well, these areas are almost exclusively located in such a way that you need a car to get there, with little to no public transit options. Or if they do exist, you'd be taking an hour and a half on 2 buses to get there, which almost no one will choose. And on a weekend you sit in traffic congestion just to get into the parking lot.

Due to the fact that we can't just up and rebuild our entire infrastructure (I agree with you on that) the next logical step is to develop and embrace new technologies that will use less gas or no gas at all. These alternatives already exist, we just need to start mass producing them in order to make them economically feasible. Drilling for more oil, on the other coin, will solve nothing and leave us in the exact same place we are today!

]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Artysim on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get ItDr Guyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138.So You are saying I should only be taxed at 9% as well?Yes!

What about Deductions? can I deduct for my 4 children? My mortgage? State taxes?]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Dr Guy on Poor Whites Vote Republican?andrew_http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Can you fix the Forums so that recent posts dont just update on WC main page while your at it please Andrew

Things like this make me die a little inside. Especially when it's widly off topic and in the wrong forum.
]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48andrew_ on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Zubazhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910
]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Zubaz on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Robbie_Boyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910And i'm making this from scrach and when done i will add a XP sub skin too...

S.D.V. = Solaire Dark Vista




It's hard going on SKS6 but i think i'm getting there....
BUT very slowly.... ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Robbie_Boy on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Vad_Mhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318961
this is really good ability that considerably expands DesktopX using. And all of us, members of Wincustomize community, will use it with a big pleasure.    But... There are a big problem with such gadgets in the other places. I'm sure you must know this!

Please look here and read what other people think: WWW Link I began this testing at 11/11/2007 (with DX 3.49 [RC]) and continued it after update to DX 3.5.

You may see that any people which know nothing about Stardock products and have never used them think that gadget contains harmful hidden software (seems this about XGFRuntimeServer). As a result we can't make a stand alone sidebar gadgets to distribute them outside of WC because the future users will beat our faces...   

I don't know about Stadock's final goal for DesktopX. However I think that this problem (and several other problems) must be corrected if they want a Great Future for this Great Software. And if you need any help in DX testing and (or) searching for bugs I'm always ready to do this. ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318961http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318961Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Vad_M on DesktopX: Making a Vista Sidebar GadgetPaladin77http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815This is simply an "idea" to take the strain off of the military in this nation.

Having been in the military my reaction to what he said is; he has no idea what he is talking about unless he plans to have a shadow government. Why else would he need his own military? Or maybe he does not understand once he becomes president he has his own military. Like Doc said I have visions of brown shirt dancing in my head.

They are already suffering with many problems.


The only problem the military is suffering right now is lack of support from half the politicians in this country.

this is a vague statement Obama provided to probably gain some support in the armed services;


A statement that says he does not trust or want the military we have. He does not want or trust the civilian security force we have and how is he going to pay for this security force. In stead of bring down budget he is proposing things to double the military budget by creating a civilian security force that gets the same amount of money as our current military. Will he then take it a step further double up on homeland security or CIA or the FBI? How much tax money does he think we have to pay and still pay our bills?

I see this statement as more of a call to emphasize the support of those groups you mentioned for Federal and State enforcement.


I truly hope you are wrong because that is not how to do it.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Paladin77 on Obama Proposes "National Security Force"XXhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48XX on What Are You Working On? (Part II)CaptKirk666http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138Thank you for posting a political article that makes Americans THINK !

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48CaptKirk666 on Poor Whites Vote Republican?theruler99http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138.So You are saying I should only be taxed at 9% as well?

Yes!]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/315138Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48theruler99 on Poor Whites Vote Republican?kurtinhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48kurtin on Obama Proposes "National Security Force"Paladin77http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815Also, protecting the nation sounds like a good thing to me.

Protecting the nation from what, or whom? Last time I checked we had a national security force. It is called the CIA, DIA, FBI, U.S. Marshals, CBP, the Coast Guard, State police, State Militia and local police. We need more people with guns in our streets?]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318815Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Paladin77 on Obama Proposes "National Security Force"Paladin77http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319015http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319015http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/319015Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Paladin77 on DNC Hypocrisy on Gas TaxPaladin77http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366They also can walk all over the country since it is so small. bad comparison.

Didn’t they once try to have it carpeted but could not decide on a colour?   ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Paladin77 on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get ItSkinhithttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Second, Aroche, Would love to see that get finished. Looks great.
Third, Brick, your a true artist with exceptional skills...
Fourth, Drillnboss, Cant wait to see what thats all about!
Last, Baron, There's a reason they call you the"MASTER"baron...

Excellent work everyone!]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Skinhit on What Are You Working On? (Part II)TheMasterBaronhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910
Asteroids (Master Skin)


Fountain (GUIC)


Distant Moon (GUIC)

]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48TheMasterBaron on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Drill'n Bosshttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Drill'n Boss on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Brickheadhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910I hopefully will finish this for the GUI since no wallpapers are allowed! ]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Brickhead on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Dr Guyhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366In Belgium, gas costs almost 9 dollars a gallon but folks don't complain

They also can walk all over the country since it is so small. bad comparison.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Dr Guy on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get ItvStylerhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910..thats what I'm working on (today, anyhow)

Can you fix the Forums so that recent posts dont just update on WC main page while your at it please Andrew   

Great stuff everyone, love those icons J.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48vStyler on What Are You Working On? (Part II)J. Arochehttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48J. Aroche on What Are You Working On? (Part II)Paladin77http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366But are we being realistic here? The U.S currently only produces 37 % of it's required energy, and currently produces nearly 4 million barrels per day LESS than the height reached in 1970.

Part of that drop in production you mention is the fact that in the 70’s we stopped pumping oil off the coast of California, and blocked all attempts to drill of the coast of Florida. We know that there are 10 billion barrels of oil just in the Santa Barbara costal oil fields that were shut down in the 70’s would that not account for some of the decline? Older fields are drying up because they have been pumped, new fields are supposed to go on line but don’t because of regulation. The only place we can get the oil is from less restrictive countries.

The truth is that truly major oil finds have been fewer and farther between over the last 30 years, and when they are found it's in places that will cost WAY more money to retrieve than the easy to get stuff. This does not bode well 5 or 10 years down the road.


In the Dakotas we have known the oil was there since the 50’s but it was too expensive to drill at that time, now it is cheap yet we can’t bring it on line due to regulations that prevent it.

The truth is that truly major oil finds have been fewer and farther between over the last 30 years, and when they are found it's in places that will cost WAY more money to retrieve than the easy to get stuff. This does not bode well 5 or 10 years down the road.


700 million barrels of oil! Wow, that could provide the world with all the oil it needs for 8 whole days! Or if just the U.S were to get it, it would sustain you for a whole month!


10 billion barrels?!?! That will keep the U.S going for a whole year and 3 months! (okay, almost 4 months, you got me)


Okay you say these in conjunction with what we are already pulling out of the ground is not enough. According to you we can not drill our way out of the problem, what is your solution to the problem? How can we fix this YOUR way?

It's time to admit defeat and take a lesson from Europe (ooh, double entendre!) They've employed far more mass transit, engineer new communities to be as compact and walkable as possible and are embracing alternative energy left right and center!
In Belgium, gas costs almost 9 dollars a gallon but folks don't complain, because their lifestyle changed years ago to accomodate a less automobile and oil dependent one. Here in north America we continue to build massive eyesore big box shopping complexes that you need a car to get to and live miles from work in the suburbs!


All right! Now I see, it all becomes clear now. You are insane. I mean no disrespect but you have to be crazy to propose this solution without knowing what you are talking about. Yes, the European way is a good first step and over decades they slowly changed over one small town at a time. With populations of under a hundred million you can move a bit quicker.

With the United States that has a population of over 300 million not including illegal’s changing over the country will not be easy or quick. Europe started its change over in the 70’s and they are no where near finished. Your solution is to make the same change in less than ten years. This is not impossible but it is impossibly expensive. The cost of changing over the California school system to CFL’s and putting up solar panels was costing them more than they were saving. The cost was so high it broke the budget and they had to call a halt to the transition because they had reached the point where they could not pay the electric bill and pay teachers. That is just one district in one state only dealing with school property. To then tear down the shopping malls and all the buildings and build it in the European style would halt all progress in the country.

What you may not have noticed is oil is not the only thing that there is a world wide shortage of. I have a real estate business. There has been a world wide shortage of cement for the last ten years. This is one of the things that have driven up the price of homes because China and India are also on a building spree. One of the reasons they use up so much gas is building up their infrastructures so while the demand has not risen more than expected for the rest of the world China and India are both working at an accelerated pace stripping away supply that no one anticipated and creating demand. Food is also becoming of short supply because of misguided legislation to solve the fuel crisis. But I digress, the point is that there is not enough cement to build new buildings without increasing the cost by a factor of 4 and there is not enough fuel to tear down anything just to build it better. Your solution will take at least 50 years per state to do it in a cost effective method.

This leaves us back to the only solution is to drill for more oil because we have the technology to continue to improve on what we have but nothing else is anywhere near ready to go online.]]>http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366http://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318366Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -04002008-07-25T12:45:48Paladin77 on Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get ItNight Trainhttp://islanddog.joeuser.com/article/318910

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