Gladly. You'll notice I didn't say anything about "shutting down the Arabs." I don't care what the rest of the world does. But if the US could become independent of Arab oil, then fewer AMERICAN dollars would enrich a bunch of thieving Bedouins.
All that would happen is we would buy from the Norwegians or Russians and the the Arabs would sell to them.
You slept a lot during math class, didn't you?
Tell everyone how that will shut down the Arabs.
Naw, you go ahead. That's YOUR thesis, not mine.
The only pockets that will get hurt will be ours as we would pay even higher prices for imported oil.
Was Econ right after math?
The Arab countries produce only two things: oil and terrorists. They import everything else, including food (to feed terrorists), cloth (to hide suicide bomb belts on terrorists), industrial chemicals (to make suicide bomb belts for terrorists), and manufactured goods (such as AK47's to arm terrorists).
Only one of their exports, the oil, can be considered a trade good with a market value (they provide the terrorists to the rest of the world gratis). That makes oil their only source of income to use in exchange for the products they import (such as food, cloth etc).
When a major oil comsumer like the United States develops viable alternatives to Arab Oil, regardless of whether it's Arctic Wildlife Refuge Oil, or BioDiesel, or Wind Power, or Nuclear, or whatever, the worldwide consumption of oil decreases. The lower international demand means a lower price for oil on the international market, meaning less money flows into Arab countries for them use to to buy food, cloth, etc. for raising, equipping, and exporting terrorists.
No, it was right after "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face".