"I agree with your article that we should try and fight oil demand; I just think that will require dealing with the role oil companies play in artificially raising that demand."
So what, exactly, does "dealing with the role oil companies play in 'artificially' raising demand" look like? Do you want to ban them from drilling new wells? Or …
"I agree with your article that we should try and fight oil demand; I just think that will require dealing with the role oil companies play in artificially raising that demand."
So what, exactly, does "dealing with the role oil companies play in 'artificially' raising demand" look like? Do you want to ban them from drilling new wells? Or perhaps prevent them from laying new pipelines to refineries? TreeHuggers have, for years, complained that oil companies are raking in tens of billions of dollars in profit at the expense of the planet; are you saying gas is TOO expensive and a reduction in the price of gas would help reduce their profitability and potentially put some of them out of business?
What, precisely, is the enforcement arm of demand-reduction going to look like in your idealised world?
If I could hold my breath for as long as I've waited for certain peoples back on TreeHugger to provide me with an appropriate, well-researched, logical response, I'd be able to survive underwater for weeks at a time on nothing but the oxygen in my lungs held in one breath.
"I agree with your article that we should try and fight oil demand; I just think that will require dealing with the role oil companies play in artificially raising that demand."
So what, exactly, does "dealing with the role oil companies play in 'artificially' raising demand" look like? Do you want to ban them from drilling new wells? Or perhaps prevent them from laying new pipelines to refineries? TreeHuggers have, for years, complained that oil companies are raking in tens of billions of dollars in profit at the expense of the planet; are you saying gas is TOO expensive and a reduction in the price of gas would help reduce their profitability and potentially put some of them out of business?
What, precisely, is the enforcement arm of demand-reduction going to look like in your idealised world?
I hope you're not holding your breath on this one, VB...
If I could hold my breath for as long as I've waited for certain peoples back on TreeHugger to provide me with an appropriate, well-researched, logical response, I'd be able to survive underwater for weeks at a time on nothing but the oxygen in my lungs held in one breath.