most people are too poor to pay for AC...

On 7/31/26 2:08 PM, Dude wrote:
> On 7/31/2026 12:50 PM, dart200 wrote:
>> On 7/31/26 11:43 AM, Dude wrote:
>>> On 7/30/2026 9:51 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>> On 7/30/26 9:38 AM, Dude wrote:
>>>>> On 7/29/2026 2:30 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/29/26 11:54 AM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7/28/2026 12:16 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 7/28/26 11:37 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:48:51 -0400, Wilson 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 7/28/2026 1:11 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> "The truth is down there."
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The United States gets most of its oil from domestic 
>>>>>>>>>>> production and
>>>>>>>>>>> Canada, with over half of its total supply pumped locally and 
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> majority of imports coming via pipelines from its northern 
>>>>>>>>>>> neighbor.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Domestic sources from Texas produces roughly 43% of U.S. 
>>>>>>>>>>> output, driven
>>>>>>>>>>> largely by the Permian Basin. and the Gulf of Mexico is a 
>>>>>>>>>>> major federal
>>>>>>>>>>> offshore drilling zone.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There is significant production from New Mexico and North 
>>>>>>>>>>> Dakota's
>>>>>>>>>>> Bakken formation. Alaska has long-standing active fields in 
>>>>>>>>>>> northern and
>>>>>>>>>>> coastal regions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Proven oil reserves are one thing, but the unproven, potential 
>>>>>>>>>> reserves
>>>>>>>>>> are quite a bit higher.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Estimates of total U.S. technically recoverable crude oil 
>>>>>>>>>> resources
>>>>>>>>>> (proved + unproven, excluding oil shale) are roughly 270–310 
>>>>>>>>>> billion
>>>>>>>>>> barrels. At current consumption, that's 35–45 years of supply if
>>>>>>>>>> consumed at current rates.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When oil shale is included, U.S. technically recoverable oil 
>>>>>>>>>> is about
>>>>>>>>>> 1,657.5 billion barrels, roughly 227 years at current 
>>>>>>>>>> consumption rates.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> New discoveries are being made all the time so those numbers 
>>>>>>>>>> are the
>>>>>>>>>> baseline minimum.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It is true that what was thought the limit of reserves 60 years 
>>>>>>>>> ago
>>>>>>>>> has proven to be pessimistic.  That does not mean that reserves 
>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>> unlimited though.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> there is certainly enough fossil fuel out there to lock in total 
>>>>>>>> extinction if we want
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What about the Messiah at alt.messianic? What does he say about 
>>>>>>> extinction? He probably wants it so he can return and make the 
>>>>>>> planet communistic and a really big commune somewhere in a desert.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Haven't we heard this story before? YMMV.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> apparently not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  >
>>>>>>>> it's basically a "player-trap" for sub-ethical species to fuck 
>>>>>>>> themselves over, before they because a universal problem
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apparently you've got a problem burning up a lot of dirty energy 
>>>>>>> every month. There's not much an individual can do to conserve 
>>>>>>> the environment, but you could at least turn the AC off at night. 
>>>>>>> YMMV.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The question is - why are energy costs so high in California?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> because people like you are fucking retards dud
>>>>>>
>>>>> You're the sucker with a heat pump and central air conditioning!
>>>>
>>>> i'm somehow a sucker for the free market failing to make energy 
>>>> cheap???
>>>>
>>> You are a sucker for not having any home solar and help save the 
>>> planet. You are burning up way too much energy!
>>
>> i'm the sucker for not being able to afford a home where i could even 
>> put on solar???
>>
>> u really do like rubbing salt in wounds eh boomer 🤑🔫🙄🖕
>>
>>>
>>>> most people on this planet are actually too poor to pay for AC ya 
>>>> know... cause our economic system does not produce energy 
>>>> efficiently enough, and there is no change to this in sight
>>>>
>>> Says the guy with a heat pump and central air-conditioning.
>>>  >
>>>
>>>> seriously dud, on a scale of 0 to mindlessly drooling in the corner 
>>>> of a special ed class... just how fucking retarded are you???
>>>>
>>> You came HERE to get educated?
>>
>> you came HERE to get enlightened???
>>
>>   > fucking retard
>>   >
>>   > #god
>>
> Listen up, Sucker!
> 
> You're burning up way too much energy. You either pay up your utility 
> bill or get the fuck shut off by PG&E - no AC, no lights, no heat pump 
> no charging for your car.
> 
> You either pay that electric bill or your Dad is going to have your ass!

free market failed to make energy cheap...

so ur trying to use that as a way to insult people???

  > do u even have a brain dud?
  >
  > #god

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