On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 18:23:17 -0500, BAR wrote:

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On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:11:08 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:53:09 -0500, oscar wrote:

What's the point of selling this country's natural resources
overseas? I
hope your answer isn't "making money."

Why?

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Because it's not strategic in the long run. The energy situation has
to be viewed as a global chess game. He who finishes with the last
oil wins.

That is ridiculous. He who finishes last will be the one that has
energy resources to continue playing. Those depending on oil will be
the first ones out of the game.

What do you know about hydrogen fuel cells?

Promising technology, not ready for prime time unfortunately.


What do you know about nuclear powered planes and cars?

That's a real long shot unless someone comes up with small scale
fusion. Right now they've been working on large scale fusion for
over 50 years and we're not even close yet.

Like I said however, the real value of oil in the long term is not as
a fuel.