[ClaireSolt]

If we were to stop buying Middle Eastern oil and they went broke, guess what--we would all have Middle Eastern neighbors a la Mexico.

We have been researching alternate sources for 30 years. The main stumbling blocks to a political solution are political because solutions advantage red states. So, for the time being I say, thank God for foreign oil.

[Physicist]

Quite honestly, I can't make much sense of your post.