“On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space,” Obama can be heard telling Medvedev, apparently referring to incoming Russian president — and outgoing prime minister — Vladi­mir Putin.

“Yeah, I understand,” Medvedev replies, according to an account relayed by an ABC News producer, who said she viewed a recording of the discussion made by a Russian camera crew. “I understand your message about space. Space for you . . .”

“This is my last election,” Obama interjects. “After my election, I have more flexibility.”

Medvedev, who last week demanded written proof that Russia is not the intended target of U.S. missile defense efforts, responded agreeably.

“I understand,” he told the U.S. president. “I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

His administration initially canceled some oil and gas leases on federal land awarded during the Bush administration and required more environmental review. But in a world where crucial oil suppliers like Venezuela and Libya were unstable and high energy prices could be a drag on a weak economy, he soon acted to promote more drilling. Despite a drilling hiatus after the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 rig workers and spilled millions of barrels of crude oil into the ocean, he has proposed expansion of oil production both on land and offshore. He is now moving toward approving drilling off the coast of Alaska.

“Our dependence on foreign oil is down because of policies put in place by our administration, but also our predecessor’s administration,” Mr. Obama said during a campaign appearance in March, a few weeks after opening 38 million more acres in the gulf for oil and gas exploration. “And whoever succeeds me is going to have to keep it up.”

The trend of lower consumption, when combined with higher energy production, has profound implications, said Bill White, former deputy energy secretary in the Clinton administration and former mayor of Houston.

“Energy independence has always been a race between depletion and technologies to produce more and use energy more efficiently,” he said. “Depletion was winning for decades, and now technology is starting to overtake its lead.”

Monkeyboy wrote:Go, science, go!!!

On a related note, I read about some Niagara Falls based company that is turning plastic very efficiently into fuel. It's been done in the past, but not at a high grade of fuel and it required better plastic. This new process uses plastic that isn't used in other recycling processes. I don't like the idea of making fossil fuels, but at least it won't go into landfills.

td11 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:Go, science, go!!!

On a related note, I read about some Niagara Falls based company that is turning plastic very efficiently into fuel. It's been done in the past, but not at a high grade of fuel and it required better plastic. This new process uses plastic that isn't used in other recycling processes. I don't like the idea of making fossil fuels, but at least it won't go into landfills.

You got a link plz?

Monkeyboy wrote:

td11 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:Go, science, go!!!

On a related note, I read about some Niagara Falls based company that is turning plastic very efficiently into fuel. It's been done in the past, but not at a high grade of fuel and it required better plastic. This new process uses plastic that isn't used in other recycling processes. I don't like the idea of making fossil fuels, but at least it won't go into landfills.

You got a link plz?

It took me a bit to find it. I thought it was on the bbc website, but it was npr.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/147506525 ... ds-a-niche

jerseyhoya wrote:Caught on open mike, Obama tells Medvedev he needs ‘space’ on missile defense

“On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space,” Obama can be heard telling Medvedev, apparently referring to incoming Russian president — and outgoing prime minister — Vladi­mir Putin.

“Yeah, I understand,” Medvedev replies, according to an account relayed by an ABC News producer, who said she viewed a recording of the discussion made by a Russian camera crew. “I understand your message about space. Space for you . . .”

“This is my last election,” Obama interjects. “After my election, I have more flexibility.”

Medvedev, who last week demanded written proof that Russia is not the intended target of U.S. missile defense efforts, responded agreeably.

“I understand,” he told the U.S. president. “I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

How about that

td11 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

td11 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:Go, science, go!!!

On a related note, I read about some Niagara Falls based company that is turning plastic very efficiently into fuel. It's been done in the past, but not at a high grade of fuel and it required better plastic. This new process uses plastic that isn't used in other recycling processes. I don't like the idea of making fossil fuels, but at least it won't go into landfills.

You got a link plz?

It took me a bit to find it. I thought it was on the bbc website, but it was npr.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/147506525 ... ds-a-niche

appreciate it. i'm seriously considering sending them my resume

Monkeyboy wrote:Go, science, go!!!

phdave wrote:

td11 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

td11 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:Go, science, go!!!

On a related note, I read about some Niagara Falls based company that is turning plastic very efficiently into fuel. It's been done in the past, but not at a high grade of fuel and it required better plastic. This new process uses plastic that isn't used in other recycling processes. I don't like the idea of making fossil fuels, but at least it won't go into landfills.

You got a link plz?

It took me a bit to find it. I thought it was on the bbc website, but it was npr.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/147506525 ... ds-a-niche

appreciate it. i'm seriously considering sending them my resume

It's made of plastic?

pacino wrote:The whole concept of dependence on foreign oil misses the point. We don't own the oil in our country.

pacino wrote:The whole concept of dependence on foreign oil misses the point. We don't own the oil in our country.

Werthless wrote:... because multinational companies own the owl ...

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

Werthless wrote:... because multinational companies own the owl ...

I nominate this typo for a Wheelie.

Youseff wrote:what do you guys think of Waste to Energy as an energy source?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy

Werthless wrote:

pacino wrote:The whole concept of dependence on foreign oil misses the point. We don't own the oil in our country.

Forgive me, but I don't understand your point. Are you pointing out that we'll still have to import oil, or that because multinational companies own the owl we'll still be dependent on buying oil from an entity?