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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I mostly agree with you, but it is important that a nation be able to fully feed itself. We should never be in a possition where an embargo would cause food shortages in the US. I do not know the level of the subsidies or how much our production would fall if they were removed (hell it might even grow) so this is just a statement on general principle.
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It is not possible to produce food and distribute it domestically without petroleum. Your complacency with the status quo of our energy dependence, in view of your quote above, is curious to me.
<b>but it is important that a nation be able to fully FUEL itself. We should never be in a possition where an embargo would cause ENERGY shortages in the US.
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