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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute
Fair point.
The first step to begin ending our dependence on oil is get rid of our dependence on foreign oil. There really is no alternative to oil/coal until we find cleaner fuel. We could have been well on our way had Clinton given the okey dokey when he was in office - was it '96?
I'd rather drill and use our oil while figuring out better energy.
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Also a fair point, but with or without offshore drilling, the volume of foreign oil flowing from the world's spigots won't change. Currently, oil is like water -- it will always find an empty space to fill.
If the concern is sending money to Chavez, Putin, and the Sheiks, then the
only solution is to replace oil with something else.
Which reminds me, do you think $700 billion in research money could come up with a 100% clean fuel source? I'd bet an atomic bomb on it.