Rep. Sali: There ‘Could Be Up To Forty Barrels Of Oil In A Single Tree’
Rep. Sali: There ‘Could Be Up To Forty Barrels Of Oil In A Single Tree’
Rep. Bill Sali (R-ID), who is participating in the GOP’s ongoing “Drill Now” energy stunt, has a unique idea about how to bring down gas prices: extracting oil from trees. In a meeting in his Capitol Hill office, Sali reportedly told a candidate for Idaho’s House of Representatives, Byron Yankey, that there “‘could be up to 40 barrels of oil‘ in a single tree.” Yankey wrote on his campaign blog:
Congressman Sali informed us that a solution to the high price of gasoline was to make petroleum from “all those trees in our forests.” … He continued by saying there “could be up to 40 barrels of oil” in a single tree.
Sali made a similar comment in 2006:
“Forty percent of the mass of every tree in the forest is crude oil,” he said. Going after that, he said, “could put Idaho in the oil business for the first time.”
Sali is apparently confusing cellulosic ethanol with oil, so let’s review the differences for the representative:
– Cellulosic ethanol is a renewable fuel “derived from the stalks and stems of plants.” Sali voted against cellulosic ethanol tax credits.
– Oil is a nonrenewable fuel found in the ground. Sali received $35,000 in campaign contributions from oil and gas companies since January 2007.
Sali is prone to making outlandish statements. Last summer, he claimed that religious diversity in Congress was not “envisioned by the Founding Fathers.”
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Stupid. Knowing the lack of concern for the environment and renewable resources, these Republicans would cut down all our trees. Don't be giving stupid people more stupid ideas, stupid.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:31 pmOh jebus, you libruls are just taking him out of context!!
August 14th, 2008 at 4:31 pmThe Lorax is gonna be really pissed this time. I myself will just reduce my consumption before I risk the Lorax Beyond Thunderdome...
August 14th, 2008 at 4:32 pmWell, it's an established fact that trees cause pollution, so it's not too far a stretch to infer they must have oil in 'em.
God Zooey, what loggers' camp was this guy sired in?
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August 14th, 2008 at 4:38 pmIs there No End to this idiocy! Is there a competition to see who's got the mist innane idea to present to America? What's worse, there are folks out there who'll buy into this idiocy! Will it never be January 20th, 2009???
Impeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
PS,
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Sincerely, Leporello.
just don't suggest industrial hemp...
August 14th, 2008 at 4:38 pmGreat!! Let's not only ruin the beaches - let's cut down every damned tree on the planet!
YAY!!!
WTF is wrong with these a**holes???
August 14th, 2008 at 4:39 pmRep. Sali: There ‘Could Be Up To Forty Barrels Of Oil In A Single Tree’
- - Whadda sap.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:45 pm“could put Idaho in the oil business for the first time.”
Where has this fool been? Senator Craig from Idaho has been in the drilling business all over the Country for years.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:46 pmHey guys here is a great idea. Let's replace one non-reusable energy source with another non-reusable energy source. ...but seriously folks, in the words of the immortal Groucho Marx "poke a hole in him and let the sap out."
August 14th, 2008 at 4:54 pmHey guys here is a great idea. Let's replace one non-reusable energy source with another non-reusable energy source. ...but seriously folks, in the words of the immortal Groucho Marx "poke a hole in him and let the sap run out."
August 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pmwhose yer buddy? follow the $$$!
August 14th, 2008 at 4:58 pmBetween Helen Chenoweth, Larry Craig, and this guy, Idaho certainly has elected some bizarre ones.
Zooey -- some insight, please. Who votes for these people?
August 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pmso, lets cut down all these damn trees and put up Oil Derricks... we can decorate them with plastic leaves and no one would know the difference....
August 14th, 2008 at 5:03 pmRep. Sali: There ‘Could Be Up To Forty Barrels Of Oil In A Single Tree’
- - Uh huh. And how many tires are there in a rubber plant?
August 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pmNo need to waste time with those fancy, expensive off-shore deep-water oil exploration drilling rigs, we can just drill sideways in our forest trees and extract the sap and burn it in our cars... No problemo... In New England, we can drill those sugar maple trees, extract the sweet sap, and, why heck, just pour it into your gas tank. Fuel up right there, in the middle of the forest in early spring... No problemo...
It should be quite evident that from these ignorant remarks made by Rep. Bill Sali (R-ID), that he never studied science or engineering in college. Probably he was a business major... That's where all the bullies and frat boys hung out when I was studying physics and then engineering back long ago. Have things changed?
August 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
Between Helen Chenoweth, Larry Craig, and this guy, Idaho certainly has elected some bizarre ones.
Zooey — some insight, please. Who votes for these people?
Mr and Mrs Potato Head
August 14th, 2008 at 5:07 pmRE: there “‘could be up to 40 barrels of oil‘ in a single tree.” or on the other hand, there could be total insanity and/or massive stupidity in the Republican ranks... You decide...
August 14th, 2008 at 5:09 pmdennis Says:
Rep. Sali not the only one misstating facts.
The lack of equivalence ought to be obvious to anyone with half a brain. Getting the numbers wrong on oil consumption vs. thinking that trees produce oil? Your knee jerk ass-kissing is ludicrous.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:10 pmWell if trees have 40 barrels of oil in them, gotta wonder how many more barrels of oil are in this congress-idiot's @ss.
And if there are not actually tons and tons of oil in there, certainly there is enough natural gas to provide energy for a modest-sized city.
And certainly he is full of enough hot air to power many, many windmills.
On a more serious note - attended many renewable forestry conferences where it was announced that trees would be our best source of ethanol - unlike corn and other agriculture products, actually produces more energy than used.
I have heard the same about hemp - corn for ethanol is a net energy user, but our politicians are too subservient to corporate agriculture to admit it.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:11 pm40 barrels of oil in a tree
40 barrels of oil
Take one down, pass it around
39 barrels of oil
39 barrels of oil in a tree
39 barrels of oil
Boys, these Republicans sure sing out of the same hymnal, The Book of Big Oil
August 14th, 2008 at 5:15 pmOh - and properly managed forests are a RENEWABLE resources. Perhaps more importantly, converting trees to ethanol would provide a market for trees that are currently part of harvests but are not suitable to use for lumber.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pmHey, wait!
Wasn't the democratically elected *cough* leadership of Iraq supposed to be working out deals with the United States to provide us with oil?
I'm almost positive that we would get more oil from a tree than we've gotten from Iraq since we invaded... um... liberated them.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pmWhat a maroon!
August 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pmFor you math wizards:
(1)Given the oil consumption per day in barrels of the US alone.
(2)Dividing the number of barrels consumed per day by 40 gives the number of trees required.
(3)Multiplying that number by 365 gives the number of trees required per year.
(4)Assuming the growth factor of the oil producing tree to be between 50 and 100 years and multiplying the number of trees required per year by that range gives the number of trees growing at any point in time to sustain the demand.
(5)Assuming each tree requires 1000 sq ft to reach maturity if we divide 5280 X 5280 (Sq ft per sq mile) by the number in (4)we get the number of trees that can be sustained in one square mile.
Using the formula for the area of a sphere Pie are cubed and assuming the are of the earth in 4000 miles and dividing that number by (5) above we find that the frickin trees are planted three deep everywhere.
I guess we will all be living in the trees just like the ancestors of the Repukes (My apologies to the apes!)
August 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pmMy name is Sali:"And I can assure you now that you do not need to go to the gas pump station anymore in the near future..just plant few trees in your backyard,and at 40 barrles of oil a tree , you are set.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:17 pmJust get the Cellulostic Ethanol renewable ones.
Now write me a check for my next re-election campaign".
It's a new Idaho pickup line for Senator Craig:
"Is that a tree in your pants or are you just here for the oil?"
August 14th, 2008 at 5:20 pmgummitch Says
August 14th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
The lack of equivalence ought to be obvious to anyone with half a brain. Getting the numbers wrong on oil consumption vs. thinking that trees produce oil? Your knee jerk ass-kissing is ludicrous.
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You have to feel sorry for the trolls if this is all they have. I'm tempted to take pity on dennis and just leave him to his delusions. Because no sane person is going to equate Obama's oil production claims and Sali's fantasy science, there's really no point in debating him.
Furthermore, given that there's no guarantee any actual drilling will occur even if oil companies get the leases they want, Obama may not have overstated at all.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:23 pmStay OT den.
Since when do consumers drill for oil? I guess you would lose your last braincell if you admitted Sen. Obama was suggesting different methods to save gas. You never make any sense, then again repugs never do.
A treeless earth. Great!
August 14th, 2008 at 5:24 pmZooey must be hiding her head in shame today.
It's OK, Zoo, we know you didn't vote for any of those whack-jobs MissMolly mentioned (Chenoweth, Craig, Sali).
Please come out, we miss you!
August 14th, 2008 at 5:25 pmI feel sorry for the trolls in same way I feel sorry for someone that is born handicapped. Either way they couldn't avoid being born that way.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:27 pmRep. Bill Sali (R-ID), who is participating in the GOP’s ongoing “Drill Now” energy stunt, has a unique idea about how to bring down gas prices: extracting oil from trees. In a meeting in his Capitol Hill office, Sali reportedly told a candidate for Idaho’s House of Representatives, Byron Yankey, that there “‘could be up to 40 barrels of oil‘ in a single tree.” Yankey wrote on his campaign blog:
He's just pissed that we've awarded this week's prize for Stoopidest Rethuglican™ to Michele Bachmann. Like any good RW foamer, he's demanding a "do-over" until what's his is his.
Cheers,
August 14th, 2008 at 5:32 pmOhio officials must immediately submit to drug/mental testings.
Gawd to think there are thousands more of him with the same ideas (his voters.)
August 14th, 2008 at 5:37 pmYou libs are such nabobs of negativity. If we totally deforest the planet we get no more rain. Republicans are just trying to SAVE the coastline by removing rain from the planet. Right? Dennis?
August 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pmIt does make you wonder though if Sali doesn't make cocktails out of petroeum products
August 14th, 2008 at 5:42 pmThis is Republican science at its finest!
August 14th, 2008 at 5:45 pmHow many trees do we need, anyway?
August 14th, 2008 at 5:49 pm-R. Reagan
So, when they cut down all of the old growth forest in Idaho, and then discover that there isn't any oil in the trees, the Republicans will call to start drilling for oil where all the old growth trees used to be.
Brilliant!
August 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pmSali (R-IDiot) has shown us all once again the GOP thinks wishful thinking and stupidity are a reasonable replacement for reality
August 14th, 2008 at 5:57 pmYeah, and oysters produce diamonds and gold....oops there goes all the oysters.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:01 pmI would say "unbelievable," but we've heard this kind of nonsense before, from "trees pollute more than automobiles" to "ketchup should be counted as a vegetable." Reagan, early in his first term.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:01 pmFor a breakdown of Mr. Sali's $35,000 in oil/gas contributions go to:
http://opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00027644§or=E&seclong=Energy%2FNat+Resource&cat=E01&induslong=Oil+%26+Gas
ExxonMobile and Occidental weighed in at $5,000 apiece.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pmYeah...if I thought I could become a member of OPEC by growing my own "oil orchard", wouldn't this a-hole know people would have been doing this by now?! Just another reason why Darwin was right and Jesus was wrong.
Go put this on the back of your car/truck/UFO:
"See what happens when the meek inherit a government?!"
August 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pmis being an moronic asshat a prerequisite to being a member of the republican party?
August 14th, 2008 at 6:12 pmsectionop92 Says:
Yeah…if I thought I could become a member of OPEC by growing my own “oil orchard”, wouldn’t this a-hole know people would have been doing this by now?! Just another reason why Darwin was right and Jesus was wrong.
Go put this on the back of your car/truck/UFO:
“See what happens when the meek inherit a government?!”
This is a very odd statement. I'm not sure why you are comparing Darwin and Jesus...doesn't compute. Secondly, no "meek" has inherited government (by the way, the scripture is "and the meek shall inherit the earth.) What is your understanding of "meek?"
August 14th, 2008 at 6:13 pmHave you ever seen the Jesus and Darwin car insignias? That's what I'm getting at. And by my "meek", I mean the GOP showing more that they have the mental capacity of someone who can't understand larger practicalities, which would put them on the lower rungs of the ladder. I wouldn't exactly call that a good survival trait, so if you equate that with their religious beliefs, you equate that to them being "meek"...it's a full-circle sort of thing.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:29 pmWhat is it about ignorance that attracts Republicans so?
They really seem to eat it up with a spoon.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:40 pmLets drill them there tree's!
August 14th, 2008 at 6:49 pm:::::::drum roll::::::::
August 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pmfrom the state that gave us larry craig comes....Bill Sali. It's nice to see the good people of idaho support the handicapped by sending the mentally retarded to washington d.c.
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
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misshusseinmolly Says:
You have to feel sorry for the trolls if this is all they have. I’m tempted to take pity on dennis and just leave him to his delusions. Because no sane person is going to equate Obama’s oil production claims and Sali’s fantasy science, there’s really no point in debating him.
I feel sorry for the trolls in same way I feel sorry for someone that is born handicapped. Either way they couldn’t avoid being born that way.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:27 pm Recommend (1) | Report Abuse
Please don't compare this buffon to the disabled community.
People in the disabled community have to fight right wing dolts like this all the time. while he sucks on the govt. teat
tony and lido
August 14th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I said on a previous thread that Michelle Bachman was quite possibly the stupidest person on the face of the Earth. This ultra-mega moron may have surpassed her to a new low. I think republicans not only take pride in their ignorance, but also revel in utter and sheer stupidity.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:25 pmWe are officially the stupidest country on the planet. We are so damned dumb it is painful. Thank god we have sunk to third rate status and are sinking further and faster. I look forward to the day when the world no longer tolerates us. That day is pretty close
August 14th, 2008 at 7:46 pmWell, there's a great deal of competition for the title of "stupidest person on the face of the earth" but I think it's safe to say that the competition is heavily concentrated within the Republican Party.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:49 pmWow, and I didn't think my friends there could get more embarrassed.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:16 pmMy GOD....Sali is a stupid f uck.
barfly Says:
God Zooey, what loggers’ camp was this guy sired in?
August 14th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
If he was sired in a logger's camp, he'd be more of a man. :D
misshusseinmolly Says:
Between Helen Chenoweth, Larry Craig, and this guy, Idaho certainly has elected some bizarre ones.
Zooey — some insight, please. Who votes for these people?
August 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Morons. Sali the IDiot pulled them in the abortion issue -- women who have abortions will get breast cancer. Oy....
upside99 Says:
Zooey must be hiding her head in shame today.
It’s OK, Zoo, we know you didn’t vote for any of those whack-jobs MissMolly mentioned (Chenoweth, Craig, Sali).
Please come out, we miss you!
August 14th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I am SO ashamed of the representation this state has sent to Washington. Chenoweth was stunning in her stupidity, but Sali is beyond stupid -- breathtakingly so. Craig...ugh.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:23 pmMy youngest son was a camera man at the public television station in Coeur d'Alene for a semester, back when Sali was running for Representative.
Zoo Jr said Sali arrived with an entourage, which included his own makeup artist, and they were all rude to everyone in the studio.
The host was interviewing Sali and his opponent, but Sali is so f ucking obnoxious that he couldn't interview the two candidates together, or Sali would just start his shouting down and apeshit insane poo throwing -- so he interviewed them separately.
The opponent (whose name I can't remember right now) was a smart guy, and interviewed very well. Sali was next, and Zoo Jr said he could barely string a sentence together or form a complete thought. Zoo Jr was a college freshman at the time.
After the interviews, the whole crew lined up to shake the guests' hands, and Zoo Jr had a plan. Zoo Jr shook Sali's hand, and proceeded to hold on, shaking the hand while asking Sali a few more questions -- which Sali stumbled through. Then Zoo Jr leaned in close and said, "You know, you really smell nice."
Sali snatched his hand away from Zoo Jr, and practically ran from the building.
I love that Zoo Jr. :-D
August 14th, 2008 at 8:34 pmstateofthedivision Says:
ExxonMobile and Occidental weighed in at $5,000 apiece.
"Sneakin' down the alley with Sali..."
August 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pmIs this what one calls a "sap"???
Would Sinator Larry Craig just love to get him over a barrel.....or vice versa?
August 14th, 2008 at 8:40 pmOr should that be "drillin' in the valley, with Sali?"
August 14th, 2008 at 8:40 pmYa gotta love these Republican Wingnuts, they will sell their soul for a buck! $$$
Not only are they morally stupid but do you think Idahoans want their state turned into a desert? oh what am I thinking? You could replace the forests with Gambling Casino's and call it "The Return of Las Vegas". $$$
"“Forty percent of the mass of every tree in the forest is crude oil,” he said. Going after that, he said, “could put Idaho in the oil business for the first time.”" $$$
August 14th, 2008 at 8:46 pmScroll back to the top...the picture...I've seen stupid before but not in such a pristine, unadulterated face like that!
Just purely divine stupidity in every pixel!!!
Most people cross the street to avoid a crime from a person with a face like that!
Very scary!
August 14th, 2008 at 9:06 pmIdiot. Religious diversity is a hallmark of how the United exists today. Unless folks are ready to say that Quakers, Catholics, Deists, Puritans, Agnostics, Jews, Atheists, Protestants, Presbyterians, etc., are one big happy family who agree on all things religious.
Idiot! I can't stand people who don't know a thing about the founding of their own country spouting off on that very subject.
You know, there should be a political history examination applied as a prerequisite to people running for public office. Either that or leave it as a final test! If the candidate fails, they're sent back to that state with a "Please submit someone better next time" label attached.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:07 pmDid I see this guy in Deliverence..."squeal louder"
August 14th, 2008 at 9:09 pm.
And did you know that there could be up to 40 barrels of oil in each House Representative, too?
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August 14th, 2008 at 9:11 pmEverytime one shakes the Republican tree another right-wing kook falls out, lands on their head, which makes them even kookier.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:14 pmThere is something drastically wrong with some of these politicians, and the people who vote for them.
Maybe we could drill up Rep. Sali's rear end and see if we can find any there oil too.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:28 pmdixie blood Says:
Scroll back to the top…the picture…I've seen stupid before but not in such a pristine, unadulterated face like that!
Just purely divine stupidity in every pixel!!!
Most people cross the street to avoid a crime from a person with a face like that!
Very scary!
He looks as if someone told him his hair looks natural.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:33 pmOk, I gotta sorta defend the Idiot Sali. There was a story on CNN about the Jatropha tree. Heres the link:
Supposedly it can produce oil from its seeds, but I think it was only like 1 barrel per tree.
My guess is Idiot Sali saw this story and got it wrong on numerous levels.
He is still and Idiot tho.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:51 pmpardon the crap job on the tags in previous comment.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:52 pmRepublicans don't do science, or reason, or logic, or sanity for that matter. This is just another lunatic off the ranch.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:05 pmThe Repukes have always been at war with Science. Reality is bad for their re-election chances.
I'm afraid the industrial revolution has created a nation of "convenience" which in turn has created a lazy, ignorant electorate.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:55 amWhy stop at oil -- I say suck some gold out of them! That goes for rocks too. Think of all the profit in sucking gold out of trees!
Seriously, who elects these nuts, or does the insanity only manifest itself after the election? There must be some kind of IQ tests we could require of Republicans before they take office.
August 15th, 2008 at 7:33 amAnd trees cause more air pollution than factories too, don't they/
PUTZ!
August 15th, 2008 at 10:03 amThat explains all those forest fires.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:32 pmWhat's amazing here is the scale of how wrong he is. Hickory has the highest BTU per cord according at 2,770,000 BTU. A single barrel of crude oil, on the other hand, holds approximately 5,800,000 BTU. You would need a little more than two cords of wood to equal a single barrel. 40 barrels in a single tree is just silly.
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