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100 comments on Prepared Statement of Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-6-MD) for the US-China Economic and Security Commission Hearing on Energy

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rainsong on June 16, 2007 - 1:10pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Sugarcane was grown in southern Florida near Belle Glade; it was also grown in Louisiana and Hawaii. Sugar is a great source of energy if you can ride a bike to work.

I looked at the energy project map and learned that the map was out of date. China tried to buy Unocal in 2005, but Chevron bought it instead. If people did not buy Chinese made clothes, the Chinese would not have money to buy oilfields with. The day an American will work for two dollars an hour making clothes and share a tiny condo with an entire extended family, that is the day an American might afford some gas for a moped.

The United States is preparing for peak oil. In 2006 subcompact sales rose 20%.

"Gas Prices Fueling Small Car Sales"

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/222585

Am not sure if investing in a hole in the ground to put oil in (SPR) is as good as some other energy project such as a hydroelectric dam, uranium mine, LNG, clean coal, nuclear reactor, fuel efficient vehicle, heavy oil recovery, deep sea drilling rig, Caspian pipeline etc.

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wizofaus on June 16, 2007 - 4:58pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Hmm...that stat is for Canada. The stats it does have for the U.S. said that "sales of small vehicles, including cars and light trucks, as a percentage of total new-vehicle retail sales, have climbed from 26.3 per cent of the market in the first quarter of 2004 to 31.8 per cent in the same three months of this year".

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oilmanbob on June 16, 2007 - 8:00pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Lots of sugar cane in Texas, too. That's how Sugarland, the suburb of Houston got its name. But labor costs in the US are too high to support a sugarcane industry.

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RollOutTheBarrel on June 16, 2007 - 8:42pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Mr f
Sugar beet is grown in midwest
20th largest US crop by value

Oilmanbob
Labor costs are not the problem with sugar
It's farm subsidies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_States

http://www.cei.org/gencon/005,05314.cfm

"The sugar program is truly one of the worst forms of protectionism and is unlike any of our other farm programs"

Kelloggs

http://www.gmabrands.com/news/docs/Testimony.cfm?docid=1368

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notintodenial on June 16, 2007 - 8:21pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Rainsong, sugar cane is indeed still being grown South of Lake Okeechobee in FL. However, it is not sustainable ( Peak Soil and Peak Water : ( I don't want to derail the thread but can provide details if wanted.

PLAN, PLANt, PLANet

Errol in Miami

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