[wolf78]

The 82nd from above, a couple of Marine divisions from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, and Viola! Billions of gallons for Joe Sixpack & Suzy Soccer Mom. Who could stop us? LOL

Except that oil is a fungible commodity, so if you want Joe Sixpack instead of his Chinese counterpart to have the oil you'd first need to end international trade, impose a isolationist economic policy, followed by the collapse of the U.S. economy and then comes tuesday...

But seriously: For the direct (military) and indirect (economic repercussions) cost of such an endeavour, you could make nuclear fusion work (ridiculously cheap at approx. 50 billion), plaster Nevada with solar power plants, and throw in a lot of maglevs, too.

Such a war would in fact be a giant subsidy (for oil-based enterprises).

[PrairieLady2]

I don’t like being inconvenienced anymore than the next guy, but frankly I hope the middle east oil suppliers price themselves right out of technological existance.

Infortunately, human nature despises change, but these high and rising prices are forcing Americans to do what they do best, INNOVATE.

Therefore, even though high oil prices painfully pinch us right now, in the long run it’s good for us. We will innovate our way out of oil dependancy and can no longer be held captive to middle east manipulations!

They have oil, we have food. Let’s see which war sabre rattles loudest.