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Originally Posted by erps
I haven't read it yet CD, but I will. I don't think anyone is saying we shouldn't get off oil, just that we'll get off it when it's cheaper to go with something else (and that day is getting very near)
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I am not arguiing that point. I am simply saying that it will take over a decade to get put things in place that will allow us to get off of SOME oil. Start now. Invest now. We are putting too much talk on trying to find a way to get another 5% production, when we should be talking about how to get off 50% or better.
I said this before, but can you imagine what our country would be like if we did not send billions over seas for oil? If we did not depend on other coutries to drive to work? If we could tell some specific countries (whom we all know) to take their oil and stick it.
THat, my friends, would change the entire geopolitical sphere. THey know that too. That is why, in my opinion, you get some really serious legislation going about building nuke plants, ethanol, solar... I mean a realy serious Energy Policy (that we have never had) and you will suddenly see the price of oil plummet. All of a sudden, they (our "friends") really are pumping out more and providing more.
It is like crack... they don't want you off of it - they want you buying just more than you can afford.
Nah, I'll live with $5 gas. I'll live with 14 MPG. Because I think that will spur us onto a better, independent country in the future.