Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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No that is not what I said. However, I do expect those companies
that are USA in origin and based drilling on USA land to put the country that made their prosperity the first priority.
And I would ask you would you rather they continue to exploit free trade at the expense of the quality of life of America first and foremost. The question of the thread had to do with thoughts about why gasoline prices/price of oil are high and forecast to go higher. Yes I would vote for the USA keeping oil from it's wells here at home. The amount not exported will quickly be replaced in the world market by those countries that do not have our welfare as a priority. All the USA would have to do is to state that it is embarking upon a path that reduces it's dependency on imported oil. Then specify it will begin by not exporting American oil. Then we will begin drilling more....where ever. Followed by aggressive investing in alternative fuels with an objective to reduce imports by 50% in the next ten years. The announcement in and of itself will cause a drop in oil prices...the age old solution that always keeps America hooked. As was stated in prior responses in this thread we have failed as a country to get the job done for the last 40 years. The oil companies have a strangle hold on the politicians that will not put their cash to their cause at risk. If we took the same approach to imported oil reduction as we did when Kennedy stated what we were to do to get into the space race...it would get done. Not to mention all the new manufacturing of equipment to make this all happen along with new jobs....a very simple solution to all our problems...but politically not palitable to Washington's 535 and it's oil based special interest groups. And of course the main ingredient....we the people just do not care enough to demand getting it done. But eventually we will. When it becomes a crisis of proportions that will dwarf any adversity this country has ever faced. It is, as the saying goes...not if it happens...it is only as matter of when it will happen. We are well on our way. btk |
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Bill: (And I apologize for the snarky-sounding last line I wrote earlier)
You said all we have to do is announce we are not exporting oil. Who's the 'we'? If I read you right, you're talking about voluntary measures. But it seems to me that a company would be immediately susceptible to shareholder lawsuits if they "did the right thing". So if an oil company "does the right thing", the shareholders revolt. If they're ORDERED to do it by the government, we get the cries of "Marxism!". There's got to be a way to break this logjam. |
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VK,
Fine, your opinion, vs my documented discussions, and articles. However, your gloss over of the Wall Street Journal article leads me to believe you are only interested in your original beginning post, and not to the challenge that you laid out for me. I guess then that the discussion is moot. |
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No, Not Really
No, not really. If we got one another to think and consider an opposing view, even if we didn't change our minds, the whole exercise was worhtwhile.
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It's funny that there's been no political outcry over the fact that the US dollar now trades below parity when it comes to the Canadian dollar, or 'loonie' (so named for the bird on the back of their $1 coin).
I remember getting $1.40CDN for my $1US in vacations past. In Canadian newspapers such as the Montreal Gazette they talk about the dangers of reaching parity with the US Dollar as it makes Canadian exports more expensive but it does their balance of trade good in selling all the oil from the tar sands in Alberta. |
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