Get Your Own Barack Obama Tire Gauge
August 6th, 2008 at 10:35pm Matt Margolis
I’m sure you’ve heard of Barack’s brilliant energy plan…
Everyone knows that regular car maintenance, including keeping your tires properly inflated and having regular tune-ups can improve its performance and energy efficiency… but if Obama thinks this is will reduce our dependence on oil and lower gas prices then he is off his head.
If you donate to the McCain campaign you can get an “Obama Energy Plan” Tire Pressure Gauge. Mine is on its way.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Democrats
36 Comments
1. Davis Putnam | August 6th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
McCain made the same recommendation in June and nobody went after him for it.
2. Tractatus | August 6th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Are you really this stupid, Margolis? Or are you just being a good, dutiful little wingnut? Do you honestly believe what you just posted, or do you just not know any better? I don’t want to make any assumptions here. I’d like to think you’re just doing what you think a good GOPer is supposed to do, but given your track record, maybe you really are this out of it.
3. Casper | August 7th, 2008 at 12:14 am
“Obama said a couple of days ago says we all should inflate our tires. I don’t disagree with that. The American Automobile Association strongly recommends it,” McCain said.”
Sounds like his plan has been endorsed by McCain.
4. gotbrains? | August 7th, 2008 at 12:26 am
So, you think drilling in the US constitutes a great “energy plan”, while you ridicule Obama’s tire gauge. OK.
First, I would comment that Obama did not proffer tire inflation as his “energy plan”. To say that Obama’s energy plan consists of tire inflation is a distortion beyond idiotic. It is precisely because of these kinds of lame distortions and foolishness that nothing ever seems to get done in Washington in regards to the important issue of energy.
What Obama said was that even simple steps towards energy conservation, like having tires properly inflated and having your car tuned up, might lessen the oil consumed by a greater amount than would be produced by the drilling emphasized by McCain.
Consider these facts. According to this report published last year by the Bush admin’s Energy Information Administration, if we opened the entire OCS to drilling, by 2030 we could be getting an extra 200,000 barrels of oil a day over what we would with just the OCS that is currently open (2.4 million barrels vs 2.2 million). Sounds impressive, no?
Then consider this fact. According to Frank Verrastro, Director and Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), regular proper tune up and tire inflation for the estimated 27% of autos that need it would save perhaps 800,000 barrels of oil a day (which translates into about 33 million gallons of gas).
Got it? Lets review:
- Extra drilling in the OCS: an additional 200,000 barrels per day… in 2030
- Tune up and tire inflation for those autos that need it: savings of 800,000 barrels per day… right now
No, lets make it even more simple:
- Drilling: 200,000 barrels a day.
- Simply maximizing your car’s efficiency: 800,000 barrels a day.
Who’s laughing now pal?
But again, Obama was only using tire inflation to illustrate that drilling doesn’t really get us any further than some simple, everday measures we can do now. Here’s the full quote:
Obama’s energy plan consists of many measures together. For example, it calls for increased investment in research into alternative energy technologies - something that was cut under oil-man Bush, and which is not emphasized by McCain’s plan that focuses on drilling. But Sen Obama also acknowledges that meeting our energy needs will require that increased drilling be part of the mix. Obama is not taking a dogmatic, either/or position on this. We should be taking simple steps to make our cars more efficient, and be willing to increase domestic drilling.
Obama cautions, however, that drilling in itself cannot get us out of this pickle of dependence on foreign oil - indeed, it may do little more than what you might get from a simple tire gauge. See, that’s what they call “perspective”.
5. Mark Noonan | August 7th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Got,
Not 2030 - 2014, if we started immediately…and, thing is, one can say that its years from now, but that is what we’ve been saying for years…had we been smart 10 years ago, we wouldn’t be in this fix today.
As for Obama’s tire pressure - that presupposes that people are (a) riding around in badly inflated tires as a regular thing and (b) that people have the time to check their tire pressure every day. Its a stupid, nanny-state idea which has as it genesis the desperate desire on the left to not increase our energy supplies.
6. Count Istvan | August 7th, 2008 at 1:36 am
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7. gotbrains? | August 7th, 2008 at 1:42 am
Noonan -
“As for Obama’s tire pressure - that presupposes that people are (a) riding around in badly inflated tires as a regular thing…”
uh, no, it presupposes that approximately 27% of people are riding around in badly inflated tires. Go read again.
“…and, thing is, one can say that its years from now, but that is what we’ve been saying for years…had we been smart 10 years ago, we wouldn’t be in this fix today.”
If by “smart”, you mean that we should have invested in alternative energy research (funding that was cut under the Bushies), then yes, I would agree that we’d be better off today. If however you mean that we should have encouraged increased drilling 10 years ago… well, that would have appreciably changed neither the current price of gas, nor our dependence on oil. See, oil is a world commodity whose price is determined by world supply and demand - and total US reserves are but the tiniest fraction of world supply.
“…and (b) that people have the time to check their tire pressure every day. Its a stupid, nanny-state idea which has as it genesis the desperate desire on the left to not increase our energy supplies.”
Again, go back and read what Obama actually said. Clearly, he was not offering tire inflation as some sort of “nanny-state” solution to our energy problems. He was merely giving people the perspective that drilling wouldn’t produce any more oil than what we might save with tire gauges.
See, McCain’s rather dim-bulb “solutions” rely on people not having the perspective to make informed decisions. In other words, he appeals to the information illiterate. When gas prices are high, and people have a lot of anxiety, saying “lets drill here in America, dagummit!” sounds great and might score easy political points… until you actually look at the numbers. When you do that, you see that the expanded drilling proposed by McCain would actually do less than something simple like tire inflation. Obama’s point was not to offer tire inflation as a solution, but rather to illustrate just how pathetically ineffective McCain’s drilling proposal really.
By all means, lets drill the entire OCS - but lets not be under any comforting illusions that we can drill our way out of this problem.
But like tractatus said, I have a hard time believing that you, Matt, and McCain are really this dumb. I think you all understand exactly what Obama was saying, and you know that unless you distort and ridicule what he said, people might actually see that McCain’s plan is misleading and inadequate.
8. Count Istvan | August 7th, 2008 at 1:49 am
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9. Mark Noonan | August 7th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Got,
No one is saying we will drill our way out of this - but to put tire pressure in with OCS drilling is stupid. Period. End of story.
We need real solutions. McCain offers them - Obama gives us platitudes.
10. uffy | August 7th, 2008 at 2:35 am
I am trying hard not to laugh, but I gotta tell ya with the juvies posting on this blog it is hard not to laugh. Obama has NO clue. Can you imagine over inflating 10 ply tires? Can you belive the kool aid drinkers who think the US should be out of the MidEast, but have no problem sending almost a half trillion dollars a year to them for oil? The left wingnuts are so out of touch with reality they should seek medical attention immediately.
The USA could have been oil independent for the last 30 years if the DEMS wouldn’t have repeatedly blocked domestic drilling and alternatives which include nuclear.
To hang on every word spoken by a freshman Senator with 143 days of experience and 20 years of listening to racist hate speak and then disrespect a man who has served in Congress for 27 years and in the military for 22 years is disingenuous at best. Leave it to the young, naive, commie wannabes, and nanny staters to drink at the trough of swill. And while you glory in Obama’s statement that he is a Progressive, remember that Hitler was also a Progressive!
11. Count Istvan | August 7th, 2008 at 3:02 am
I am trying hard not to laugh
Let it out. They say ignorance is bliss. You must be the happy MoFo around.
12. uffy | August 7th, 2008 at 3:15 am
Count, let me guess: You will 14 on your next birthday? Have you out grown those underoos yet? (pats Count on his pointy head), run along now and don’t eat your crayons!
13. Count Istvan | August 7th, 2008 at 3:23 am
I won’t eat the crayons if you stop eating Noonan. Deal?
14. tom | August 7th, 2008 at 3:33 am
I am sure that statement was buried with the MSN. What a joke… Clearly a man as well as a party that is of touch! To think he mis-spoke your mistake.
15. uffy | August 7th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Count, are you NOT getting enough attention from your mommy? Is your obsession with filth genetic? An overdose in your pablum? You want to come at me punk, you better have more than a filthy mouth and your lips wrapped around Obama’s tire gauge!
16. Count Istvan | August 7th, 2008 at 3:44 am
BOO!
Somebody just shit himself.
17. Jonathan | August 7th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Uh, Matt - why would you choose to attack Obama for his suggestion on the many ways we can deal with energy efficiency the very same day the candidate you’re trying to get elected admits that it’s not such a bad idea after all…
And uffy - such an original way to school someone…..
18. uffy | August 7th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Count, my suggestion is to change your underoos and have your mommy wipe your butt. Told ya not to eat those crayons. I am done playing with you now. But be my guest and continue to be this blog’s bitch. What a goal you achieved!
19. Greg-O | August 7th, 2008 at 6:24 am
This reminds me of when Jimmy Carter told us to wear a sweater. Sweaters aren’t a bad thing, and they will keep you warmer if your home is cold, but it avoids the problem of why your home is cold in the first place, i.e., because you don’t have enough affordable energy to set the thermostat on a comfortable setting.
Obama’s tire pressure check is no different. Checking your tire pressure isn’t a bad thing, but it doesn’t address the problem that we are rapidly overtaking our supply of affordable energy.
It isn’t just fuel for your vehicle, it is also electricity. There is no good reason why we shouldn’t be producing close to 100% of our electricity from nuclear power plants, but Obama and Reid want to shut down Yucca Mountain and that would threaten not only future nuclear plants, but current plants as well since an important waste storage facility would be eliminated.
I wonder how Obama supporters will react when they cannot turn on their computers due to a rolling brownout? Maybe Obama will give us a kilowatt meter to plug into an outlet to see how much electricity we are receiving?
20. Danish Artist | August 7th, 2008 at 6:32 am
wishhehadbrains,
I would like to see the math on that 800,000 barrels.
The whole computation before I’ll take yours and his word on that. 27% of the autos - worldwide or just in this country.
Mathematics is a funny thing. Many ideas work well on paper, but in reality not quite.
21. Greg-O | August 7th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Danish Artist is wise to question the figures cited. After all, Mr. Obama has a track record of being confused on how many States there are, or even on which Senate committee he is a member (Berlin speech). So I performed an exhaustive search (Google) and found this:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/from-the-fact-1.html
I know, I know, ABC is probably just a shill for Big Oil, but they point out that the figure is actually around 800 THOUSAND (not million) barrels of oil a day. So Mr. Obama was off by a factor of 100.
22. Greg-O | August 7th, 2008 at 7:03 am
My bad on the 800,000. It’s early yet. The point is that Mr. Obama says this estimated savings would offset anything we could obtain by drilling for our own oil in currently restricted areas. Even the most meager estimates have production from those sources at over one million barrels per day. Inflating your tires is fine; I do it, too. It increases fuel efficiency and safety, as well as reducing tire wear. That said, Mr. Obama falls at least 200,000 barrels short of the offset he claimed. My position is: why not do it ALL… tire gauges AND more drilling. That would add up to 1.8 million barrels a day.
23. gotbrains? | August 7th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Noonan -
“No one is saying we will drill our way out of this - but to put tire pressure in with OCS drilling is stupid. Period. End of story.”
Period? End of story? That’s your response?
Of course you don’t care that you are mischaracterizing what Obama is saying. Again, he never offered tire pressure as a solution nor a substitute for anything. He was saying that the amount of oil you’ll get from drilling is no more than what you’d save from simple measures… like tire pressure.
“We need real solutions. McCain offers them.”
Really? So drilling the entire OCS is a “real” solution? Again, the EIA estimates that once production is in full swing by 2030, we could be getting about 200,000 barrels of oil a day more than what we’d be getting in the areas currently open to drilling. That’s 2.4 million barrels with the extra areas being drilled, as opposed to 2.2 million a day without. (and yes, I know that we could start getting some of that oil earlier - but it would take until 2030 before the extra OCS areas reached maximum output).
So, we’re talking about 200,000 barrels per day more at maximum if we open the entire OCS to drilling. 200,000 a day sounds like a lot. But consider that we currently consume 21 million barrels per day:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/quickoil.html
So, 200,000 barrels is less than 1% of what we consume daily… today. That’s McCain’s “real” solution?
Again, by all means, drill the OCS. But to say that’s a “real” solution is laughable.
24. Timetested | August 7th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Deleted - off topic.
25. Danish Artist | August 7th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Let’s see, 800,000 barrels of oil translates to 40 million gallons of oil. So we would save 33 million gallons of gasoline. That means 33/40 = 82% of the oil is refined into gasoline?
Chemically impossible. You cannot take a barrel of oil and convert it into anything you want. A barrel of oil MAY yield 20-40% of gasoline depending on crude content. Crude oil will only give you what it contains in that soup of hydrocarbons. The cracking process breaks crude oil into its different content componenets from light ends to extremely heavy stuff like fuel oil and coke.
The real savings would be in gasoline and not oil. Oil demand would not lower since the other products of the oil is in demand as well. Properly inflated tires would not replace the oil demand. It may lessen the gasoline demand but I still need to see the entire math on those savings before I fall into lock step behind the Obamassiah.
Right off the bat, wishedhehadbrains, the figures are dubious at best.
Putzman,
McCain did not propose replacing drilling with properly inflated tires. He recommened to the American people to do that to ease their personal burden, not as an energy policy to lower the price or increase the supply of oil.
Sheesh, the leftists will do anything, say anything to defend their messiah and throw logic out the window for pie in the sky “solutions”.
26. Danish Artist | August 7th, 2008 at 8:10 am
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27. Retired Spook | August 7th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Soon to be available in all 58 states.
Not counting Alaska or Hawaii, of course. Those folks are just SOL.
28. gotsbrains? | August 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Timetested -
You are spot on. The Repubs and McCain don’t have anything real to offer, so they can only ridicule. It’s something they’ve been doing for a long time. It helps cover their own insecurity.
More than that, the ridicule, along with McCain’s facetious “drill here, drill now” mantra, is meant to distract from the fact that Mac and the Repubs who held congress for 16 straight years, have done nothing on energy policy other than to continuously cater to big oil, and block alternatives to fossil fuels and energy conservation at every turn. With gas at $4 and people feeling very apprehensive, the Repubs know their gander is cooked this fall unless they can muddy the waters on their failed record that has led to this mess.
“Drill here, drill now” is just a simple sound-bite to make the Repubs seem like they are doing something, while in reality accomplishing nothing more than distracting us from the real issues and from their own abysmal record.
So now in addition to ridicule, they offer up “drill here, drill now” as if it were an actual solution. How stupid do they think the American people are? McCain’s plan that calls for opening more areas of the OCS to drilling is estimated to produce less than 1% of what we consume.
But here’s the point they are really ignoring in peddling this diversionary delusion: the oil that would be retrieved from “drill here” would not belong to the US - it would belong to the oil companies who would then sell it on the world market to the highest bidder, be that China, India, Japan, or Arkansas. The yahoos who gleefully embrace the feel-good rhetorical pabulum of “drill here, drill now” seem to think the oil recovered on US public lands by trans-national corporations would somehow belong to America, as if oil production in this country were nationalized, or as if the oil companies would sell us our “American-grown” oil at some kind of discount. Not!
Sorry, naive wingnuts, but whatever oil is recovered from McCain’s plan to open the entire OCS for drilling will merely be added to the world pool of oil… where it will be a drop in the ocean of world production. Oil companies will make a little more money to add to their already largest-profits-in-the-history-of-the-world… but you will not see gas prices drop, nor will America be more energy secure.
29. Danish Artist | August 7th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
wishedhehadbrains,
Nothing real to offer? Oh, listening to Nancy Pelosi again…stop with the talking points.
“So now in addition to ridicule, they offer up “drill here, drill now” as if it were an actual solution. How stupid do they think the American people are?”
Uh, polls show that the American people want to drill here. Where have you been?
“Drill here, drill now” - simple sound bite like “yes we can” and “change we can believe in”.
How’s that math coming on that 800,000 barrel oil savings from proper tire inflation? When can I expect to see it? Or, is it over your head?
30. cam | August 7th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Here’s the problem. Many do not understand how a democracy is supposed to work, representative or direct. If it is the will of the people, it should be the mission of the government to carry it out. Personal beliefs and values should not override the will of the people. The only limits are those imposed by the Constitution.
My prediction is that if oil drilling becomes the focus and we proceed with drilling the OCS, one of three things can happen to the price of gas. It will either go up, down or stay pretty stagnant.
If it goes down, albeit temporarily in a longer time frame, the focus on alternatives to oil will no longer have the same appeal as they do currently. Over the long haul this will result in a greater dependence on foreign oil as the demand will continue to increase. Ultimately, this “solution” will be exposed for what it is, a sham. But what will that matter? Will we ever learn? Or, are we just doomed to repeat our mistakes over and over?
Of course, if it goes up or stays even we will know it was a sham right away.
In any case, by increasing the amount of drilling, we will certainly have an increase in the number of oil spills and other environmental disasters all at a cost. While that cost can be deferred and may not be realized in the immediate price of energy it will certainly have a cost. If you don’t think so just go to the EPA website and look at the cost of cleaning up superfund sites. Many of these are being paid for by all taxpayers. The entities responsible have, in many cases gone out of business or taken other action to avoid their responsibilities. But I digress.
Ultimately, IF THE MAJORITY WANT TO DRILL, THEN SO BE IT. LET’S DRILL, DRILL DRILL!!!
Ultimately, if the people want it and if a politician who is supposed to represent the people, doesn’t go along with the will of the people they had better get out of the way or they are likely to be steamrolled. Even if they believe the steam roller is on the road to perdition.
31. gotsbrains? | August 7th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Cam -
I agree with most of your post - except for this last bit.
You see, McCain continuously stresses “leadership” in his campaign, and regularly implies that he is a better leader than Obama. Indeed, the narration in McCain’s latest series of negative ads against Obama repeats the ominous refrain “…but is he ready to LEAD?” (oooooh, be afraid!)
Following the “will of the people” - no matter if it leads to perdition - is not leadership. Especially when the “will of the people” in this case is mostly the result of manipulative and misleading campaign ads by the Republicans. Yes, constituents need to be listened to, but leadership is doing what is right for the country based on the available evidence, and making the case for that before the people. That is precisely what Obama is doing when he is telling people that drilling in the OCS - while not an idea he adamantly opposes - will not do any more than what we’d get if our tires were pumped up. Again, that’s called lending perspective.
Merely following the will of the people - as based on current polls and without making a case for a sounder alternative - is not leadership. That is called pandering and political opportunism.
That said, again, drilling in the OCS (which is mostly open to oil companies right now anyway) is not being rejected by Mr Obama. Indeed, the bipartisan Energy Bill crafted in the Senate by the so-called “Gang of 10″, which Obama supports, calls for increased drilling in the OCS as one of a whole series of measures that on the whole place more emphasis on alternative energy development and conservation. What Obama and many other energy analysts are saying is that “drill here, drill now” will not likely have much of an effect on our energy security - short, medium, or long term. John McCain knows this, but is instead cynically stooping to political pandering, both to reward his political backers in the oil industry, and to desperately fight his way into contention in this election. If that’s what he wants to do, fine - but it shouldn’t be confused with leadership, or even with representative democracy.
These old formulas of jumping to quick, politically expedient, feel-good gimmicks to offer the illusion of comforting progress during fearful times are why we seem to be perpetually stuck in this energy dilemma. Or as you point out, why we seem to make the same mistakes over and over. John McCain represents the “over and over” part.
32. HeyHey | August 7th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
How is this different than when McCain said it?
33. cam | August 7th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
gotbrains,
Leadership is overrated when we speak of representative democracy.
If leadership is doing what is best for us despite what “We the People” want, then we might as well change our system of government to benevolent dictatorship. In a way we already have an oligarchy. The campaign contributors always get more than everyone else. Its a pay to play system.
In a democracy, leadership can use their leadership skills to convince the populace to follow. But a “leader” who insists on saving us from ourselves is doomed to failure politically speaking.
Its always easier to give the kids candy rather than the medicine they may need. So its on to the candy store.
34. gotsbrains? | August 7th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Cam -
“If leadership is doing what is best for us despite what “We the People” want, then we might as well change our system of government to benevolent dictatorship.”
I think you are mischaracterizing what I said. Leadership is taking your case before the people to secure their informed consent. But here’s the catch: you have to present them with the truth and facts. What the Republicans have been up to this last decade is presenting people with false and misleading information, and then claiming they are doing the “will of the people”. When you manipulate people’s worst fears, take advantage of their ignorance, and propagandize them with purposely misleading disinformation, then is there really such a thing as “will of the people”? Or is the “will of the people” in that case simply an imprint of the will of the malevolent and manipulative dictator?
You speak of dictatorship. But all dictators have learned this simple rule: if you propagandize the people and feed them misleading information (either by outright falsehood, or willful omission), then you can claim to be doing their “will”. It all works out rather well, especially with the likes of Fox “News” and wingnut radio creating a nice echo-chamber.
Case in point: the Iraq War. Even after more than 5 years of fighting there, recent studies show that only 1 in 7 American adults can even find Iraq on a map. So it is pretty easy, given the general level of ignorance out there, for the US President to tell the American public that there is incontrovertible evidence that this place called Iraq is harboring WMD, and to imply that Iraq had a hand in 9/11… and therefore we must invade Iraq immediately. After all, what does John Q Public really know? - to him they are all just a bunch of rag-head Arabs, indistinguishable from one another. And if the president says Iraq had some connection with 9/11 and are a threat, then who is John Q Public to say otherwise?
After selling these tall tales to the public, the Bush administration could then claim they were doing the “will of the people” by invading Iraq. After all, by the eve of the invasion, some 70% of the US public supported the idea. So is that “representative democracy”? Or is that closer to a dictatorship that molds people’s will through manipulation, and preys upon people’s fears and ignorance?
Same with this nonsense now about “drill here, drill now”. It has a lot of popular appeal currently because it’s being sold thru distortion, manipulation of people’s anxieties, and preying upon people’s general ignorance of the basic relative stats of the energy equation.
Now, I certainly do not think Obama is some kind of messiah (not many people do), and I am well aware of his shortcomings, and know that he is not above sacrificing his integrity for political gain on occasion. But one theme I have admired about his campaign is that he usually seems to have an abiding faith that when people are presented with the facts, they usually do what’s right and what’s best for the country. That may be naively optimistic to have that kind of faith in people, but that’s where he’s coming from. A recurring theme of his campaign has been “Don’t tell people just what they want to hear, also what they need to hear.” Americans in 2002/2003 needed to hear the truth. Instead they got lies.
And so it is now with the energy debate. McCain is claiming “drill here, drill now” is a viable, real solution. Obama is basically saying “well, OK, fine, lets drill - but bear in mind that drilling is not the panacea McCain and the Repubs are pretending it to be. In fact, drilling will do even less than far simpler measures, such as tire pressure. Also bear in mind that the the folks pushing “drill here, drill now” don’t necessarily have America’s best interests at heart.” He is speaking in more informative terms about the energy debate, and helping give people some basic perspective on the problem’s dimensions.
So you see, cam, leadership and representative democracy are not incompatible. Indeed, leaders in a truly representative democracy derive their authority thru this thing called “informed consent”. Stress on the “informed” part.
35. Jeremiah | August 7th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
When you manipulate people’s worst fears, take advantage of their ignorance, and propagandize them with purposely misleading disinformation, then is there really such a thing as “will of the people”?–Getabrain?
No! That’s what OBAMA has been doing … Him and the Media have been trying to play down and ease the fears of many by painting him a “nice” guy, “superstar” etc, etc..to get himself elected.
Obama is ABUSING democracy……He’s using OUR democracy to foist SOCIALISM upon US!!
SO…get a CLUE!!
36. cam | August 8th, 2008 at 2:21 am
gotbrains,
Using a football analogy, one must realize what down it is and sometimes going for a sieries of first downs can be more practical than going for the touchdown.
Taking the time to fully explain to the populace all of the complexities of the solution to energy may not be possible considering the reality of the world that politics lives in. Sometimes having a message that is simple and to the point is the way you need to operate in order to get that chance to provide the informed consent that is necessary for good leadership to take root. If you allow your opponents to define you and in the process, make you irrelevant you will be relagated to the scrap heap of history. You have to realize that this drill, drill drill approach is just a game. It is not intended to solve the energy problem but rather to eliminate you from the competition. If you do not quickly realize that and take action to stay in the game your leadership will mean nothing.