"Ryk" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:08:32 -0800, in message

Dan Best wrote:

"Matt Colie" said
Why do they make noise about dependence on foreign oil..

Energy independence sounds all well and good, but if the world is gonna
run out of fossil fuel in the foreseeable future, doesn't it make sense
to use up the other guy's first? This may seem a bit greedy and
politically incorrect to put ourselves first, but to me it seems like a
smart thing to use up the other guy's reserves first.

After all, what condition would you rather be in? The Arab, South
American, Siberian, etc. oil fields have been depleted and those of the
U.S. are still producing, or our fields depleted and us completely
dependent on foreign oil? Bear in mind that the governments of some of
those places don't have much of a history of being nice to us. How
would they behave if they literally had us "over a barrel"?

Keep in mind that this is an international forum read by people in
countries with proven oil reserves much larger than those in the US.

Ryk



Don't worry. When other reserves run out, I'm sure our military will take
notice of yours too.

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:59:40 -0600, KLC Lewis wrote:

Don't worry. When other reserves run out, I'm sure our military will take
notice of yours too.

You know what worse than people with guns? *Stupid* people with guns. No
wait, I'm wrong. It's *stupid* people with guns who mate...

In order to wrap one's head around an idea, it's helpful first to tear it
away from gazing at one's navel. Sadly for the rest of the world, the
only time the American animal tears it's gaze away from the magnificence
of it's own navel, it's to train one or more of it's guns on something or
someone else.

Oil is not the answer. It's the problem you can't solve. And you can't
solve it because you can't see anything _but_ the oil.

"mr.b" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:59:40 -0600, KLC Lewis wrote:

Don't worry. When other reserves run out, I'm sure our military will take
notice of yours too.

You know what worse than people with guns? *Stupid* people with guns. No
wait, I'm wrong. It's *stupid* people with guns who mate...

In order to wrap one's head around an idea, it's helpful first to tear it
away from gazing at one's navel. Sadly for the rest of the world, the
only time the American animal tears it's gaze away from the magnificence
of it's own navel, it's to train one or more of it's guns on something or
someone else.

Oil is not the answer. It's the problem you can't solve. And you can't
solve it because you can't see anything _but_ the oil.

Chill, dude. My post was satire. All-too-true, unfortunately, but satire
none-the-less.

KLC Lewis wrote:
"Ryk" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:08:32 -0800, in message

Dan Best wrote:


"Matt Colie" said

Why do they make noise about dependence on foreign oil..

Energy independence sounds all well and good, but if the world is gonna
run out of fossil fuel in the foreseeable future, doesn't it make sense
to use up the other guy's first? This may seem a bit greedy and
politically incorrect to put ourselves first, but to me it seems like a
smart thing to use up the other guy's reserves first.

After all, what condition would you rather be in? The Arab, South
American, Siberian, etc. oil fields have been depleted and those of the
U.S. are still producing, or our fields depleted and us completely
dependent on foreign oil? Bear in mind that the governments of some of
those places don't have much of a history of being nice to us. How
would they behave if they literally had us "over a barrel"?

Keep in mind that this is an international forum read by people in
countries with proven oil reserves much larger than those in the US.

Ryk




Don't worry. When other reserves run out, I'm sure our military will take
notice of yours too.



Sounds like that old 'Manifest Destiny' plan again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_Destiny