[realpatriot71]

A consumer-driven economy like ours is dependent on cheap, reliable energy. We had darn well better be ready to fight, or we'll fall back into a Dark Age.

The way I see it, it's a race between us and China for the oil, and we're a few steps ahead. As for the rest of the world - they can kiss our a$$es - and buy the oil we control at double.

[cp124]

Not only oil, but raw materials in general. Seen the price of steel lately? This could cause "Jimmy Carter" type inflation real soon.