Oh boy!

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/maintain.shtml

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/608/

And the full quote?

“There are things that you can do individually, though, to save energy,” Obama said in the July 30, 2008, appearance. “Making sure your tires are properly inflated — simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires, and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much.”

McSame don't listen to good to past Preznits now do he?

Even the blessed G...

Oh boy!

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/maintain.shtml

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/608/

And the full quote?

“There are things that you can do individually, though, to save energy,” Obama said in the July 30, 2008, appearance. “Making sure your tires are properly inflated — simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires, and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much.”

McSame don't listen to good to past Preznits now do he?

Even the blessed Gawds of Capital and Industrial production agree with Obama:

Out-of-tune engine: Nothing hits a sour note at the
gas pump more than a car that needs new spark plugs, a fuel filter or
PCV valve. A properly tuned engine improves fuel economy about 4
percent, according to the EPA. Fixing a serious maintenance issue such
as a faulty oxygen sensor can improve mileage up to 40 percent.

Keep tires properly inflated: Improve fuel economy
by 3 percent or more by keeping car tires properly inflated.
Under-inflated tires can decrease mileage by 0.4 percent for every 1
psi drop in pressure of all four tires, and they also reduce tire life,
which means more worn tires to dispose of. Plus, driving on under- or
over-inflated tires can be dangerous.

Check
car tire pressure often, even in vehicles with tire pressure monitoring
systems. And because even the best-maintained tires will wear out
eventually, a Goodwrench technician can inspect tires and advise when
replacements are due - and which ones best meet your vehicle's
specifications.

But reading comprehension is not the best skill among conservatives, now

What is he comparing to? A completely un-inflated tire? Of course you will save money on gas having your tires inflated as opposed to driving around on 4 flats.

Another reading comprehension FAIL!

Jeebus!

Heck even John McCain agrees with Obama!

“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.

But thanks for all the free tire gauges, I am sure we will put them to good use. Now Johny do you still have those Super-Secret ACME...

What is he comparing to? A completely un-inflated tire? Of course you will save money on gas having your tires inflated as opposed to driving around on 4 flats.

Another reading comprehension FAIL!

Jeebus!

Heck even John McCain agrees with Obama!

“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.

But thanks for all the free tire gauges, I am sure we will put them to good use. Now Johny do you still have those Super-Secret ACME Plans to catch the Road Runner...I mean Bin Laden?

"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tuneups," Obama said. "You could actually save just as much."

THAT'S the wild claim that even Obama's campaign managers cannot back up.

Obama may have exaggerated when he said simply inflating tires and getting regular tuneups would save just as much oil as the offshore drilling McCain is proposing. But automotive experts long have suggested those steps to cut gas bills. The Obama campaign could not provide figures to back up his claim that [b]...

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tuneups," Obama said. "You could actually save just as much."

THAT'S the wild claim that even Obama's campaign managers cannot back up.

Obama may have exaggerated when he said simply inflating tires and getting regular tuneups would save just as much oil as the offshore drilling McCain is proposing. But automotive experts long have suggested those steps to cut gas bills. The Obama campaign could not provide figures to back up his claim that inflating tires and getting tuneups would save just as much oil as could be produced by offshore drilling.

Exaggerated? Gee, ya think?

And as far as keeping tires properly inflated, autos tuned up and driving 55 to save gas, those 'energy saving ideas' are not his. They have been part of the D.O.T. and E.P.A. for years, probably before Obama was even born. Having a comprehensive Energy solution means more than just repeating what we have done for years. Where's the so-called 'change'?

Oh, wait, he just changed his mind on 'Limited Off Shore Drilling, a reversal (again) from previous statements regarding the issue.

As for numbers, try these real, I could use right now numbers not in 10 years time estimates:

Tuning Car

Fuel Economy Benefit:

4%

Equivalent Gasoline Savings:

$0.16/gallon

Properly inflating tires

Fuel Economy Benefit:

up to 3%

Equivalent Gasoline Savings:

up to $0.12/gallon

Up to $0.28 cents a gallon.

Reading comprehension? FAIL!

But yeah, you hand over more rights to companies that are not expanding their oil refinery capacity, backed up by two oil men in the White House wh...

As for numbers, try these real, I could use right now numbers not in 10 years time estimates:

Tuning Car

Fuel Economy Benefit:

4%

Equivalent Gasoline Savings:

$0.16/gallon

Properly inflating tires

Fuel Economy Benefit:

up to 3%

Equivalent Gasoline Savings:

up to $0.12/gallon

Up to $0.28 cents a gallon.

Reading comprehension? FAIL!

But yeah, you hand over more rights to companies that are not expanding their oil refinery capacity, backed up by two oil men in the White House who got what they wanted out of Iraq and are salivating to go after Iran.

In fact what would really push oil prices down in the short term if Cheney/Bush knock off all this nonsense about attacking Iran, tel the Israelis to zip it and leave the Iraqis be.

But that you won't hear McCain talk about, now do you? Nor about peak oil or anything like that. I mean he can't even find Iran in map so.....

You got to wonder why the Republicans are so upset about it, even to filibuster everything in Congress. When where they when the Constitution was being shred to pieces, Bush ran roughshod over the rule of law and the U.S. implemented torture. But feeding their corporate masters, "Yes Sir, Three Bags Full, SIR!"

First off, we don't even know how much off shore drilling will get.

I do know how much you get if you DON'T drill, NONE. ZERO.
And your dependance on FOREIGN OIL is still just as high.

Second at the best estimates the impact of said drilling would not affect global prices in about 10 years, if all things remain the same (which they won't).

That's a flat out crock. The very DAY that the President announced he was overturning the moritorium on offshore drilling the oil prices dropped. Imagine what happens when we begin offshore drilling and large deposits are announced to the world.

It would scare the robes off our crack masters, the Saudis, Venezul...

First off, we don't even know how much off shore drilling will get.

I do know how much you get if you DON'T drill, NONE. ZERO.
And your dependance on FOREIGN OIL is still just as high.

Second at the best estimates the impact of said drilling would not affect global prices in about 10 years, if all things remain the same (which they won't).

That's a flat out crock. The very DAY that the President announced he was overturning the moritorium on offshore drilling the oil prices dropped. Imagine what happens when we begin offshore drilling and large deposits are announced to the world.

It would scare the robes off our crack masters, the Saudis, Venezulans and a few others. They don't like losing their biggest customer.

Third, Obama never claimed that these where HIS ideas, just common sense ones and finally, that is not his entire energy plan.

Obama DID say them. Especially the part where inflating your tires will save a smuch oil as drilling. You yourself just said that we don't even know how MUCH oil we could get, yet Obama already has the exact amounts and has calculated them all out. Not.

Again, you don't cure an addict by feeding his addiction.

Newsflash- The whole WORLD is addicted to oil. I don't care about them right now, I have to worry about MY country first. Reducing dependance on ANY foreign oil is a step in the right direction, as it will force the cornered market to start embracing alternatives (as they already are). Look in the U.S. Patent Office sometime and see how many alternative energy inventions are owned by Shell, BP, Exxon, Mobil and others. They are not stupid and already see the end game, except they already OWN the next game, you just don't know it yet.

If you care so much, why feed the addiction. Again, with the increase in consumption from China and India alone whatever oil gets dumped into the market will not make a difference (and by difference I mean dropping prices below the $75 mark, that is when the panic started).

Also saying these things is not the same as claiming them. I can say, "lets go to the moon", I can't claim that was an original thought, now can I?

Imagine what happens when we begin offshore drilling and large deposits are announced to the world.

It would scare the robes off our crack masters, the Saudis, Venezulans(sp?) and a few others. They don't like losing their biggest customer.

If ...

If you care so much, why feed the addiction. Again, with the increase in consumption from China and India alone whatever oil gets dumped into the market will not make a difference (and by difference I mean dropping prices below the $75 mark, that is when the panic started).

Also saying these things is not the same as claiming them. I can say, "lets go to the moon", I can't claim that was an original thought, now can I?

Imagine what happens when we begin offshore drilling and large deposits are announced to the world.

It would scare the robes off our crack masters, the Saudis, Venezulans(sp?) and a few others. They don't like losing their biggest customer.

If magically large deposits are announced, announcements by Cuba and Brazil in recent months have not dented the oil markets a cent. Their not going to lose any costumers because you get your fuel from the same companies that these countries sell them to, unless your going to embargo Venezuelan oil, in which case they simply sell it to China/India/Europe.

It is all foreign oil, most of which in fact comes from Canada. The U.S. does not own these resources because they are not nationalized so the U.S. has no control over them. None. Hell, oil companies are not drilling in places they already have rights to, and don't even pay royalties to the U.S. goverment (you on public own land, your land) and get tax breaks from the Republicans, because they really need them.

So I got to wonder why the obsession with drilling and drilling some more when it hurts more than helps both the U.S. and the rest of the world (you know the other 6+ billion of us)? Like crack addicts looking for their next fix.

As for the numbers:

The projections in the OCS access case indicate that access to the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030. Leasing would begin no sooner than 2012, and production would not be expected to start before 2017. Total domestic production of crude oil from 2012 through 2030 in the OCS access case is projected to be 1.6 percent higher than in the reference case, and 3 percent higher in 2030 alone, at 5.6 million barrels per day. For the lower 48 OCS, annual crude oil production in 2030 is projec...

As for the numbers:

The projections in the OCS access case indicate that access to the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030. Leasing would begin no sooner than 2012, and production would not be expected to start before 2017. Total domestic production of crude oil from 2012 through 2030 in the OCS access case is projected to be 1.6 percent higher than in the reference case, and 3 percent higher in 2030 alone, at 5.6 million barrels per day. For the lower 48 OCS, annual crude oil production in 2030 is projected to be 7 percent higher—2.4 million barrels per day in the OCS access case compared with 2.2 million barrels per day in the reference case (Figure 20). Because oil prices are determined on the international market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant.

That would be Official Energy Statistics of the U.S. Government. 3%-3.3%, sound about right.

Also:

For starters, the lead time for oil exploration takes years. Even if offshore drilling areas opened up tomorrow, experts say it would take at least 10 years to realize any significant production. And even then, they say, the U.S. contribution to the overall global oil market would not be enough to make a significant dent in the price of gas.

It takes years to bring new oil wells online, said Mike Rodgers, a leading oil expert with PFC Energy in Washington. Companies need to drill exploratory wells, then discovery wells around the exploratory wells that show promise. Shipyards that b...

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Also:

For starters, the lead time for oil exploration takes years. Even if offshore drilling areas opened up tomorrow, experts say it would take at least 10 years to realize any significant production. And even then, they say, the U.S. contribution to the overall global oil market would not be enough to make a significant dent in the price of gas.

It takes years to bring new oil wells online, said Mike Rodgers, a leading oil expert with PFC Energy in Washington. Companies need to drill exploratory wells, then discovery wells around the exploratory wells that show promise. Shipyards that build platforms, a two to three year endeavor, are already booked solid.

Most forecasters believe we are in for more dramatic prices hikes as international demand grows, particularly in rapidly developing countries such as India and China. As demand rises, Rodgers said, it would be good for the U.S. to have more of its own supply.

Lets see, 2.1 billion Chinese and 900 million Indians, plus 500 million Europeans.....who do you think is going to get all that oil?