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Oil fields are not like big milkshakes where everyone can put their straw in and those with the biggest suck win. Oil is contained within porous rock formations that are capped with non-porous rocks. In order to get the oil out, you need to drill into the pay zone and actually force the oil out. The Hollywood idea of hitting gushers is ancient history. Forcing is usually done by drilling around the area and forcing in water or CO2 to flush the oil towards your producing well. Oil wells are drilled for literally miles, around corners, horizontally, along rock formations, then lined with steel casing before production can start. Sometimes you have to fracture the rock with TNT to make it permeable because the oil is locked up in the rocks and just wont move. In tar sands, you literally have to dig it out in lumps. There have been no new large reserves found in years and now the price of oil is high, old wells that had ceased to be profitable are now being reopened. An oil service company that I know of has recently got a job drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and they are contracted to drill 20 wells a day, 7 days a week, for the next 6 years. And the GofM isn't that productive. Oil production isn't a tap, you can't just turn it up to fill your storage tank just because you feel like it. I consider myself more educated. Thank you for the post. I admitted I didn't fully unterstand it. Mark Klingelhoefer

Not so fast....I also think Gays should have the right to marry and that a person owning a Bazooka is a bad idea. I'm not that conservative. I think I'm an issue voter.

Add this one to my list..... Also add Social Security reform.....Why should I pay into a system that I have NO CHANCE of ever getting anything out of.

What campaign spech are you watching? Everything I ever see or have heard is some new plan to spend and spend some more. What cuts is he proposing? . Did you know we're spending $12Billion a MONTH on the war that Bush started under false pretenses? and Obama wants to cut and run and McCain wants to finish it sucessfully.

I'll admit that I don't fully understand oil pockets, but wouldn't the oil that you get off the Florida coast be the same oil that Castro would get from international waters? Isn't it like taking water from the shollow end (by the ladder) of the pool or taking it from the deep end (by the high dive)? This is an honest question as I don't know if they would draw the same oil or not. In my mind, it's kind of like the Florida/Georgia aquifer. We both draw from the same water supply. Mark Klingelhoefer

I understand this but would we rather Castro have the oil off of Florida's coast or Russia for Alaska? Let's get it and store it before someone else gets it.

Spandura BOC pouch is standard, but the Spectra ripcord has been held up with the FAA for about 2 years now. I've stopped guessing when they will have it approved. Mark Klingelhoefer

Party - I'm an issue voter and my top issue right now is abortion so I'm currently voting Republican. Faction - Complete issue voter Preferences - Pro Life, Pro Gay Marriage (Rights), Pro some change to the screwed up Health Insurance we currently have available Energy - Rro some other kind of energy (be it nuclear or natural gas or solar, wind.....something we haven't thought of yet), Pro drilling (why can Texas screw up their landscape, but Florida and Alaska shouldn't) edited to add USE IT TILL IT's GONE. Don't know if this answered the question, but that's how I'll vote and how I feel.

How about blaming people who do not read their contracts that say "This is your rate for the first 5 years. This is your rate for the next 10, and this is your rate for the last 15" or however the contract is written. DON"T BUY THINGS YOU CAN NOT AFFORD!!!! If you buy a car that says no payments due for 90 days, don't buy it if in 90 days (and 120 days,....) you can not afford the payment. These people signed a contract that clearly stated the terms. The fact that they did not read them is just a case of someone trying to get "Something for Nothing (or less than is possible)" If your initial car payment is $50 on a $50,000 car, you will either be paying for it forever or the rate will go up. Then these people will complain in 2 years than they owe more than the car is worth. My parents always told me when I was growing up "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is." How about the people who are losing thier houses take their share of the blame.

I had to scroll up a bit, but very nice indeed. Mark

"2 way but BIGway style"

So these statements are false or misleading, or were there SEVERAL key Dem that thought we should be in this war but it is no longer popular or convienent. Thank god that Obama was organizing his community and not making national decisions at the time so the Republicans can't pull his opinion.

The first time I ever used one, I had to pull twice. I had it down by the second jump. It is a little bit of a roll (with the heel of you hand) and pull, whereas the hackey is just a pull. It's a bit weird the first time, but after that, it becomes second nature (at least in my case). Mark Klingelhoefer

You will ba able to downsize to a 150 in the 348.

So misrepresenting what is possible during your term in order to get elected is fine as long as your intentions are good? If elected and after he either raises taxes or does not deliver on all of these pie in the sky ideas what recourse is possible.....none. At least McCain has "Real World" plans and some experience to know what is possible.

And don't forget, we'll all get universal health care in addition to the lower taxes. Sounds pie in the sky to me, but with no actual experience, maybe he thinks that is possible.

And how many first time black voters are voting only because he is black? How many first time female voters voted in the primary only because Hillary was running. But it you are a white male, you can not use these reasons or you are a racist or a sexist? I've made it clear why I'm voting McCain, but to call one side of the coin racist and not the other is a bit hypocritical.

Here are pictures of the 3 types of handles available on a Vector 3. Mark Klingelhoefer

Chris, I'd suggest a V-348 for the 168/150 combo. Mark Klingelhoefer

The standard V-split is available at no extra charge. The Triple V is not available as a free option. Mark Klingelhoefer

I just had the local rigger make mine. It took 27 ft of F-111, some PVC, A little bit of tubular nylon, and an old riser and cutaway cable for the release.

We're currently scheduling for delivery at the end of January. Mark Klingelhoefer United Parachute Technologies

I was an IT trainer for about 6 years and this is what I would do on days I wasn't training or developing course material. I wiould sit in on my co-workers class to find new methods to teach portions of the class and to help them out with suggetions about other ways to teach concepts I felt I had a better way of explaining. All of this was done the next day and away from the students. Never be a critic in front of the "students". Mark Klingelhoefer

About Half of Hilary's "experience" she quoted in the election happened when she was the first lady.

Was it Mustard?