On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:03:55 -0500, Eisboch wrote:


You can be as idealistic as you want about it but the security of this
nation is dependent on oil. Until that changes, it's a chess game and
our Achilles's heel.


30 years ago, Jimmy Carter promoted an energy initiative to be energy
independent by the year 2000. What happened? Ronald Reagan was elected
and dismantled it, stating market forces would keep the oil flowing. It
seems to me, market forces are keeping the blood flowing. We should have
listened to Carter.