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    Energy secretary predicts higher demand for oil

    WASHINGTON – Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a champion of renewable energy and biofuels, has no delusions about the future of oil. Global demand for it will increase over the next two decades even with more efficiency and alternative fuels, he says, and prices will again go higher.

    Chu, during an hourlong meeting with reporters Thursday, discussed the futility of predicting oil prices in the short run, the need for a national electricity transmission system, and the urgency of getting the billions of economic stimulus dollars to the nation.

    For the second day in a row he indicated that the activities of the OPEC oil cartel are not one of his — or his department's — priorities.

    When asked if the Obama administration would oppose expected production cuts by OPEC at a meeting next month, Chu said he was for oil price stability but couldn't say what the administration position was. He said he would look into it "to figure out what the U.S. position should be and what the president's position is."

    "I'm not the administration, quite frankly," he said.

    Asked if he thought oil prices, which have plummeted, might rebound again, Chu joked: "If anyone thinks they can predict oil prices, they will be very wealthy."

    But in the long run, over the next two decades, he said, he's certain the price of crude will be significantly higher than today. Crude oil has dropped from a high last summer of $145 a barrel to a recent low of about $34.

    "After we get out of the deep recession the world is in now I see higher demand" for oil, said Chu, although he hoped the push to alternative fuels and greater efficiency "can help the U.S. greatly decrease that demand."

    He predicted oil will become more expensive to produce because of the decline in conventional sources and, he said, "that drives the price up."

    A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Chu clearly seemed more comfortable discussing the role his department plays in promoting science, the expected growth of wind and solar energy, and energy efficiency, than responding to questions about global oil politics and OPEC.

    He said he viewed the Energy Department's primary role as one of influencing domestic energy issues and as a catalyst for energy-related science — and dealing with economic recovery.

    Chu said he had directed "a sweeping reorganization" of the department's disbursal of direct loans, loan guarantees and other funding for energy development to more rapidly push out the tens of billions of dollars made available to the department under the stimulus package.

    The department will process $32.7 billion in energy-related grants and has the authority to provide government backing for $130 billion in private loans, said Chu, appearing at Platt's Energy Podium, an event sponsored by the McGraw-Hill Cos. energy information company.

    Chu promised — as he did in a speech to state utility regulators on Wednesday — to get the first loan approvals out by late April or early May.

    On another matter, Chu said that there has been a "sea-change" in the way the country must look at electricity transmission.

    Chu decline to say whether Congress should give the federal government more power to direct where transmission lines ought to be built, but he said electric transmission and distribution has become "a national issue."

    "We desperately need a national transmission overlay" to be able to tap a wide range of power-generating sources including wind and solar energy, said Chu, although acknowledging there has to be "a balance" of local, state and national interests.


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    A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Chu clearly seemed more comfortable discussing the role his department plays in promoting science, the expected growth of wind and solar energy, and energy efficiency, than responding to questions about global oil politics and OPEC.
    Good....as he should be.......fuck oil speculation and get us off the teat of oil.....we'll never truly be rid of it but reduction by whatever percent is a good thing.

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    People need to admit to this one reality, and put it in proper context:

    The internal combustion engine is 19th century technology

    Sure, todays engine isn't 100% identical to the one Karl Benz invented, but the basic mechanics of it are the same.

    What the Hell else do we still use on a daily basis that was invented in the late 1800's?

    I'm not typing this on a beat up old typewriter that weighs 100 pounds. I'm not listening to the Mike Malloy Show on some huge console AM radio, like the kind the Waltons gathered around to listen to FDR's Fireside Chats.

    Why the hell is transportation the only thing that's decades behind the curve?
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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    Why the hell is transportation the only thing that's decades behind the curve?
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    Can't wait until the Saudi's are sent to the poorhouse and have to rely on Africa for income.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BITEYOASS View Post
    Can't wait until the Saudi's are sent to the poorhouse and have to rely on Africa for income.
    One thing that will be a side effect of the US reducing our dependence on oil will be, that developing nations and nations that don't follow a pollution type policy will be using oil like we do now. So you'll never see the Saudi's not making money.....they'll just be selling to a different market.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kwame k View Post
    WASHINGTON –

    For the second day in a row he indicated that the activities of the OPEC oil cartel are not one of his — or his department's — priorities.

    When asked if the Obama administration would oppose expected production cuts by OPEC at a meeting next month, Chu said he was for oil price stability but couldn't say what the administration position was. He said he would look into it "to figure out what the U.S. position should be and what the president's position is."

    "I'm not the administration, quite frankly," he said.

    Asked if he thought oil prices, which have plummeted, might rebound again, Chu joked: "If anyone thinks they can predict oil prices, they will be very wealthy."

    A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Chu clearly seemed more comfortable discussing the role his department plays in promoting science, the expected growth of wind and solar energy, and energy efficiency, than responding to questions about global oil politics and OPEC.

    (cover his ass main stream media, his IS in the administration, although he seems to not be aware of it)

    He said he viewed the Energy Department's primary role as one of influencing domestic energy issues and as a catalyst for energy-related science — and dealing with economic recovery.

    On another matter, Chu said that there has been a "sea-change" in the way the country must look at electricity transmission.

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    This guy may be intelligent, but he needs at least a tad bit of media training.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Train View Post
    This guy may be intelligent, but he needs at least a tad bit of media training.
    Well, he's a Nobel Prize winning scientist, as opposed to a career politician. He'll learn.

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