Okay, we seem to have the same goal in mind. Anything we do to produce more of our domestic resources helps. We don’t have to replace it all.
I suspect now that the oil we get from Iraq and Saudi Arabia is more secure than the supply from Venezuela, and probably Nigeria on a short term. That was what I was trying to point out.
Maybe. I wish the Saudis and the emirates could pipeline it out to the ocean through Oman or something, some way to get it outside the Persian Gulf.
I think Venezuela is secure in the sense that they don't have many choices aside from us, all of Hugo's threats aside. But insecure in the sense that civil strife could knock their production off line, and I suspect civil strife is coming. Nigeria is, as you say, insecure probably in the same sense, civil strife could knock them off line. And civil strife there is always coming.
I think we're on the same page, I want to see us aim for true energy independence as a national security imperative. I see so many remarks in the press and on the part of politicians to the effect that this or that project would only amount to x percent of our total needs, drawing the conclusion that the project is therefor pointless. Its like saying that this or that farmer will only provide a tiny percent of our grocery needs, so he may as well not plant or harvest at all.