Well.... that's pretty close to my point. I don't look at it being "Our / United States" oil resources over here under our soil vs. "Their / Middle East" oil resources under their soil. We all know that Oil cannot be regenerated. It took millions of years to produce it. We cannot "grow" new oil. Once it is gone, it is gone. Like an endangered species. At some point, it is ALL going to be gone. Ours, Theirs, His, Hers, all of it. So we might as well start planning for the inevitible now, right? Don't wait until it starts raining to build your shelter, right?
OTOH, it's a FACT that if we don't use it (oil in general), then someone else will, so we might as well get while the gettin' is good. (Kind of like the looters.) Sooo.... it's a complex issue, which is why it's tough for me to have strong feelings one way or the other. I just don't have enough information to take a strong stance yet.