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| quote: | Originally posted by donnybrasco
It's not excessive.
Let me paint you a picture of the world as not only how I believe you'd like to see it, but how it will actually then be, should it turn out the way you'd like to see it, as well;
A.) We pull out of Iraq, and we never again defend our world oil interests. We become isolationist's in a global economy (don't know how we'd manage to do that frankly, but I guess we're going to try).
B.) Other world powers move in to take control of said world oil supplies. Some of these powers (like North Korea or Iran) are strident anti-American.
C.) Over time, our economy grows very weak as supply and demand drives oil prices even higher within the U.S. Money to pay for infrastructure and diminishes. Our standard of living takes a HUGE nose-dive. Money for National Defense diminishes along with it, thus leaving our economic interests throughout the world vulnerable to attack, as well as our own country...all thus further weakening us.
D.) The Pandora's box for world wars and instability now open and in the hands of our enemies, when some other world power is strong enough, they either drive us out of business altogether by strangling our oil tap even more, or they attack us out-right...OR; We die on the vine economically, and sink in to the sunset, financially ruined, a piss-poor second-rate country, our prosperity and our future, bleak.
Either way, we're going to war as a result of this policy you advocate, or you're advocating that you want to see us living at a MUCH lower standard than we are now...possibly even a permanent state total depression.
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how about option
e) we devise an energy policy for the first time in 7 years. one that weens this nation off foreign oil dependency and thus the need to control foreign oil supplies or be held hostage by them. we germinate a culture of energy efficiency and conservation with as much effort as we have for fear and vigilence. we reopen the debate for nuclear power on the floor of congress and instead of continuing to build gas and coal-fired power plants we switch our national energy grid to mostly nuclear power, which will eventually phase out to renewable sources of energy after we pass a bill that funds research into making solar and wind power more economically viable. the united states is the richest nation in wind and solar resources fyi. we incentivize the redevelopment of the electric car, which was a success before it was terminated by oil interests, and develop infrastructure to support it so that we can recharge our cars at home rather than filling up with gasoline. then as the 3rd largest oil-producing nation in the world, we can be self-sufficient in our petroleum needs without having to pander to oppressive regimes like the saudi royal family. we wouldn't have to construct and maintain massive military outposts in the region to ensure a stable follow of oil for our wasteful habits. why is it that fuel economy standards in CHINA of all places are higher than those in the united states? are you telling me that america, the richest, most educated, most technologically endowed nation in the world is incapable of taking a step in the right direction like the rest of the developed world has? maybe we need to think about passing real laws instead of those that make h2 hummers, which are exempt from fuel standards in america, a write-off for any person with a business license.
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