Re: Drill Now for oil

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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(2) We need to NOT be dependent on the middle-East

At least until they're more democratic, yes. However, strictly speaking,
being dependent on the middle-East is largely due to our desire for *cheap*
oil: If you look at this chart,
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbblpd_a.htm,
of where the U.S.'s oil comes from, if we dropped all the "unfriendly"
countries, our has prices would, what... double? That would be a *major* hit
to most people's pocketbooks for gasoline, but not that much worse than what
some other countries already pay for gasoline. Life would go on, the economy
could suffer mightily, but we could work things so that everyone would still
have a roof over their heads and food on the table.

It's the usual case of how many of our ideals get muted or outright discarded
if the price is cheap enough.


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