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Originally Posted by Tempest
Consider that if the US isn't buying up middle east oil, China, and to some extent Russia, will. That will fuel their growth even more than it is now which will make them a more serious threat sooner rather than later. From a national security standpoint, I can see where the "hawks" would want troops in the middle east and also to continue the US dependence on middle east oil.
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I see where you are getting at. But if the US started exploiting local sources of energy (local unconventional oil resources, nuclear etc) and was able to locally produce the same amount of energy they are importing now, what they would do is STILL import oil AND use what they're producing locally. Nothing will stop an open, growth-based economy from taking every resource it can get its hands on. If there were twice as much oil available and prices dropped to $1/gallon the car companies would make more big land-boat V8s again, Hummer's sales would go sky-high, and so on.
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