Replies

Since we've got plenty, why don't we just produce our own oil?
I agree, but we don't get a majority from the Saudis (see chart).
Nevertheless, I think if we could provide at least 80% of our own, it would have a huge impact on our politics, our finances and our security.

When the first Bush was elected, I says to meself, "Finally, we're going to get a coherent OIL policy with a genuine Texas Awlman in the WH." The Failure to to do that really is Both Bushs' Fault. (BBF.) May both of the incoherent ani rot in Heck for it!

We have enough natural gas to meet 500 years of demand. So, where is the NG-Powered car? Where are the Diesel-powered passenger cars and light trucks (which alone could end our dependence upon foreign sources)? Every other automotive country in the world is switching to them. Not us. A Toyota Corolla with the Diesel motor available in Japan gets over 60 mpg!

Any fool with minimal what used to be HS science and math can see that Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, and Nuclear power will reign for the next 200 years ... not wind, solar, tide, and whatever a the mind of a lawyer who majored in "English" can conjure up.

Sure we should develop "Alternative Sources." In the meantime the fools whom some malignant gods have placed in charge with the votes of the stupid have no right to cripple our economy while they chase pseudo-scientific will'o'the-wisps.