I consider it one of the absolute miracles of the modern world that we can get so much fuel from so many places transported, processed, transported again and available just about anywhere in our great country. The amount of fuel we have to have available every single day throughout a huge nation is mind-boggling, at least to me. And it's been that way my entire life, save for a short time during WWII, and again in the 70’s for a bit.
And the safety record of those who perform that daily miracle is unmatched in the world. Sure, there have been some horrific accidents, but they are the exception, not the rule. Just the single act of delivering 8,000 gallons of highly flammable plain old regular unleaded gas from a storage depot to a eight or ten little service stations spread over a hundred or more square miles of rural roads is a miracle. And it happens every day, in hundreds of places all across the country.
BTW, I have no connection whatsoever to the oil industry. I'm just a long-time admirer of some of the things we Americans manage to pull of day after day, year after year, decade after decade. And usually under attack from a lib or environutty group.
Consider the complexity of a modern jet engine. Thousands of pounds of pieces, some moving at 15,000 rpm, and yet there are hundreds and hundreds of them humming along all over the skies of America, and the world. And not just one per plane, but two or more. Thousands of hours every day, operating at peak efficiency, and yet you seldom hear of one malfunctioning, other than when they suck in a bird or are deprived of fuel. And catastrophic failure of one is even rarer.
This is the kind of American Exceptionalism that Team Zero is so dismissive of!
And look at our prehospital emergency care system. There's hardly a place in America where a sick or injured person is less than an hour or so from a Level One trauma center. Sure, it's expensive. But just getting it done is a miracle in itself.
Sorry to go on and on like this, but I find it really fascinating how much we take for granted in our daily lives!
Some really, really good examples juxtaposed to Obama’s intentional diminishment of the greatness of this country.