Reply #27: Been expecting it since [View All]

[Coastie for Truth]

1. The Oil Embargo of 1973;

2. The ousting of the Shah in 1979;

3. The growth in popularity of SUV's in the late 1980's;

4. When GM filed a frivolous patent law suit against Toyota in 1992 to keep EV's and HEV's off of the road;

5. When the civilian Hummer came out in 1997;

6. Throughout the 1980's and 1990's - when the "Big Three" and "Big Oil" fought off increasing CAFE standards;

7. In 1999 when GM discontinued the EV1 - and admitted that they introduced it just to placate the California Air Resources Board;

8. When Cheney's Panel recommended drilling in ANWR - instead of some good engineering and raising CAFE.

9. When I read:

a. "Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil" by David Goodstein

b. "House of Bush, House of Saud : The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties" by Craig Unger

c. "A Century Of War : Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order" by F. William Engdahl

10. When I attended seminars given by

a. Stan Ovshinsky

b. Amory Lovins

11. When I read that Kuwait's oil minister preict crude at $80/bbl.

Surprised? No.

Alarmed? Not really. I sold my SUV ages ago and went to a compact economy car (Corolla) and a Prius.

Angry? Yes. This was predicted - and predicted - and predicted. And our political and business leadership laughed and said "don't worry - those guys like Lovins and Goodstein and Ovshinsky are just a bunch of Chicken Littles."