Use up THEIRS!
January 20, 2010 – 2:11 pmJohn Stossel writes a good article supporting this theme.
I don’t care about energy independence. We have so much carbon energy in the U.S. its just ridiculous. The only thing limiting its exploitation are collectivist weenies and Gaea worshipers.
I don’t mind though. I’d much prefer to buy up ALL of the Arab, South American, Euro, Mexican and Canuck oil before we exploit our own.
Economic Freedom and Capitalism are fueled by carbon based fuels. Burn it up! We can and will develop alternatives if and as the market and subordinate demand dictate. Letting Statist Politocrats dictate is just a recipe for economic ruination and for slavery for the American people.
4 Responses to “Use up THEIRS!”
I must respectfully disagree. It isn’t a matter of buying from o’seas instead of using ours. We are not the only customers, and world oil demand is rising, with supply (of cheap oil) flat. Mexico, for example, will become a net importer in the next year or two. That will cause prices to rise, and will further destabilize their gov’t into the bargain, as they no longer will have oil revenue from abroad. We cannot simply buy up all their oil when they will need it, too. (The days of int’l free trade in energy are ending, and this is the principal reason – everybody will want to keep theirs as cheap oil becomes relatively scarce in the face of rising demand.)
all carbon was not created equal. we have hundreds of years of coal, and can make electricity from it for generations. If our railroads converted back to coal from diesel, they would be well-set to prosper as oil prices rise. Autos are another matter, however. We’ll need to access the ANWR oil fields and eventually the Canadian tar sands to buy the time for innovation to replace gasoline and diesel as the motor fuels of choice.
By ssgconway on Jan 23, 2010
I’m not opposed to alternatives to carbon but the market WILL handle that if Uncle Sugar stays out of it. I believe you underestimate reserves available. They certainly aren’t limited to ANWR or Canadian oil sands. There are also enormous oil shale reserves in the Rockies. Uncounted and unestimated quantities off shore from the U.S. (and Mexico, S. America et al).
There are also many reserves untapped in other world locations. Rather than put “ours” in the global fuel pool, we’ll just buy it up and use ours when sensible people take back American Freedom. “Energy Independence” is a canard used to frighten sheople into allowing government and “world” politicrats to artificially manipulate a market for a common commodity.
ssgconway reply on February 6th, 2010 9:46 am:
I’d not be too sure that the rest of the world will sell us their oil at prices we’re accustomed to paying, especially if untapped (and generally more expensive) oil fields aren’t brought on-line soon. Many of these places are politically unstable, and lack of refinery capability is a continuing bottleneck. Our best course is to rely on potential enemies as little as possible for our fuel, and to develop our own resources to the fullest practical extent.
By Nik on Jan 23, 2010
Forgot to mention this great resource….
http://www.api.org/
By Nik on Jan 23, 2010