[tomder55]

The price of oil has surged under Green New Quid's policies ;up to $75/bbl . This of course drives up the costs of everything associated with getting goods to market .
We are also experiencing droughts in all the wheat producing places of the world . Not good news for the folks who depend on bread at reasonable prices to feed their families . But if you are an investor in the commodities market .... bet on wheat .

Great job Quid ! For years the American goal was energy independence . We are on the verge of realizing it and the only thing preventing it is Democrat utopian visions .

[jlisenbe]

wind turbines are only part of renewables solution, but advantageously placed they can be highly efficiency, unlike solar which can only ever be 50% efficient at best, but in order to solve the northern hemisphere problem of "AGW" they have been used to good effect in places with abundant wind and sunshine. There is an electricity grid for a reason. The big problem for both is they give twenty years at best unlike hydro which is a century long project. The Keystone project transports the most polluting carbon based energy on the planet so not really a good idea and anyway its Canadian oil, let them build their own refineries, they might be ultra competitive

Sorry, but that's a really poor post. We all know electrical grids are there for a reason. Solar is not even under discussion. Coal is the most polluting carbon based energy and Keystone did not move coal. Wind only makes sense because our out of money government subsidizes it. As to letting Canada refine it's own oil, that's completely ridiculous. Why would we want to give business away in that manner? That's the Australian model as the graph below shows.

It gets old having to constantly correct your inaccurate posts, so try doing some research ahead of time. You'll look less foolish that way. I realize you have a burr under your saddle about me for whatever reason, but your knee-jerk responses in trying to be offensive are childish. Why not address the points rather than the person?

You don't want to give Aussie land a bad name since you've got enough problems over there as it is as the graph below shows. It's surprising you can't see the dangers for your national security in that information.

We don't want to become like you.

https://theconversation.com/australi...he-globe-97070

[paraclete]

I am well aware of the national security issue surrounding oil which is political because the greenies/lefties won't allow exploration, we have plenty of oil we just can't drill it, yet and yes we have allowed old inefficient refineries to close just as we have allowed old inefficient coal fired generation to close and you know what replaced it? that wind and solar you think so poorly of

[jlisenbe]

that wind and solar you think so poorly of

You mean the solar YOU also think so poorly of? " unlike solar which can only ever be 50% efficient at best." At any rate, wind and solar cannot replace petroleum products unless you are using a seriously high number of electric vehicles, and I very much doubt that is the case. It can replace coal fired power plants, but petrol products are not typically used to produce electricity. Besides, the graph above shows that you did not replace your refinery losses with solar/wind. You replaced their production with increased imports. It is very, very clear. Your electrical production from solar is still relatively small (5% or so) and wind is only around 10%, so your statement is simply not true.

The Chicoms could shutdown your energy imports for a few weeks and you'd be in a bind. It is why we should be eternally grateful to have become energy independent. It's why the Keystone project should be restarted tomorrow.