I read the other day that the Russians have the second largest oil reserve in the world. It seems to me that the most advantageous solution to our energy supply issue is to buy oil from the Russians instead of the Middle Eastern Nations. The Russians need financial aid and we need oil.
Our economy is in a slump. Many of our citizens are out of work. Why don't we help the Russians develop their oil reserves by sending companies like Haliburton and the many other oil exploration companies that helped the Middle Eastern Nations develop their oil reserves to Russia to help the Russians? By doing this we could put some of our folks back to work and release ourselves from dependance for the things we need on people who hate us. Let them keep their oil and see how well they survive without the bucks we pay them for it!
In the mean time we could start spending some of our money to develop ways of stopping the use of fossil fuel completely.
Yeah, I know, the Russians were our worst enemy until ten or so years ago. But then, so were the Japanese and Germans. After having spent some time out from under the comunist yoke, do you believe that the Russian people will fall for the comunist myth again? The citizens of Russia were our enemies only because their government wished it so.