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Originally Posted by davidmash
Every time we pht gas in our cars we arw funding them. I would think that alone would be enough encouragement to get off of oil. Until a real effort is made to cut that tie, the war on terror is just empty words as far as I'm concerned.
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The trouble with that philosophy is this. Oil taints everything or just about everything these days. So, it isn't only gas. It is everything. Even if you ignore the fact that only 20% of our oil comes from the ME, we still have to recognize the fact that oil is essential to just about everything from food to medicine. So lets buy all our stuff from China. Whoops. Still tainted with oil. So how do you cut the tie? Without shooting yourself in the foot first and go back to the stone age?
Well, one way is to make sure that we only use oil that we can produce. Fair enough. However that oil that came only from US soil also affects the price of oil in the world. Just because your dollar isn't physically going to the ME doesn't mean anything. In theory it is easier said than done.