Then I would have to say that, while we agree on the ultimate goal of getting rid of our dependence on oil, we disagree on how to handle that dependence until such time comes that we don't need oil anymore.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Scott wrote: > > > > I am not advocating that we just drill. I think we do need to invest in > > alternative/renewable energy sources, but I also think that as long as > the > > need for oil exists, we should try to make sure as much of that need is > met > > by getting it from our own house. > > > > The easiest way to defeat an enemy is to cut off their supply lines. > If our supply lines extend across the ocean because we burned up all > of our own oil then we've put ourselves into a very vulnerable > position. For no good reason. > > Burning our own oil isn't thinking with your gun hand. > > If oil is a losing game then let's not play it. We should create a > new energy industry and burn foreign oil until we're totally > self-sufficient. > > Shooting ourselves in the foot is not a good defense strategy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287427 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
