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Originally Posted by djplong
Richie - ok, at least I understand where you are coming from.
So to continue to drill down in this a bit..
What is your opinion on balancing the following two points of view?
1) Individual liberties and competition at it's best. Whomever will sell me a barrel of oil the cheapest will get my business so I can be more competitive because my energy costs will be lower.
2) Tragedy of the Commons. Individuals can't be trusted to go out each day and deny money to terrorist organizations funded by oil revenues. Since the only time people listen is when it hits them in the wallet, we need to hike import taxes (or ALL taxes) on oil to discourage their use. Perhaps by choking off the money supply, we can de-fang terrorist groups more cheaply than with huge military expenditures.
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I'd like less laws and more information. Investigate and find the money trail of the energy producers and let the people know and let the people make their own decision. Then your fellow citizens can also decide how to relate to you when they see how you spend YOUR energy dollar. That's freedom.
The main thing this country has to do in regard to energy is to kick Sierra Club and any other so-called environmentalist group, which are rampant with communist influences, in their collective asses and drill for the black stuff everywhere and anywhere it can be extracted. There are some geologists whos think we might have 200 years or more of oil in our own reach. There are also some who put it much lower, but I still say go for it.
Then, if you wish, we can discuss huge import taxes to cut off the foreign oil. One without the other only destroys our own economy.