jonny5
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Do you have some magic oil beans that you wish to try? The fact is we have used up most of the cheap oil in the US. That is why we fight middle east wars to keep their oil flowing to the world market.
There has not been a single year since 1971 that we have produced as much oil as we consume, regardless of which party was in control of the government.
As Cheney and the Energy Task Force put it in their report, STRATEGIC ENERGY POLICY CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY when they recommended invasion of Iraq:
"Dependence is so incredibly large, and growing so inexorably, that national autonomy is simply
not a viable goal. In the global economy, it may not even be a desirable one."
Another argument for more oil. What evidence do you have that most the cheap oil in the US has been used? So what if it has? What does that have to do with preventing people from trying?