Um, that oil is not going to us, it will be going to China and Japan (that is one other perspective that hasn't been explored in this thread, except my post from above). So we will continue to need to find other sources of oil. What is the Department of Energy doing?
I am with you KMA 100%. I hate being dependent upon other countries, especially for something so easily replaceable such as oil. I still remember the oil shocks. You would've thought we had learned our lesson then.
I always wonder what the Middle East and indeed the world would be like if we were to just go solar (or whatever hypothetical). I bet that would really screw them. It's almost funny.
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