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Originally Posted by host
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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True, lets go drill in ANWAR.
But the logistics of distribution are far easier to handle in a crisis than production. Distribution can take many forms and be even controlled centrally in a crisis, production requires a set amount of time and preparation. Plants only grow so fast.
Also I am not complacent in the energy situation. My assessment is such that I am not concerned about any impending petroleum crisis. The fact that it will run out is a given, and I view it as a great opportunity more than a doom and gloom woe is us scenario.
Ironically this may just be what the farmers ordered, as ethanol is made from corn.