I think there is a future without fossil fuels bur it's not reality now and until then we need cheap energy for transportation. Making energy prices high to force the change that we don't have the technology or the infrastructure to support is a horrible idea with real consequences for most people.
I was unaware of just how lacking in a basic understanding of global energy markets you are, or how small a percentage of OPEC oil we actually import. We import most of our oil from Canada, by far. We also export oil to Canada, in fact we export more oil to Canada than any place else, except Mexico.
Lots of things are never going to happen.. that doesn't change what the right thing to do is. But it's time for countries like Saudi Arabia to understand just how unimportant they are.I
I was unaware of just how lacking in a basic understanding of global energy markets you are, or how small a percentage of OPEC oil we actually import. We import most of our oil from Canada, by far. We also export oil to Canada, in fact we export more oil to Canada than any place else, except Mexico.
You can tell OPEC whatever you want, their ability to influence pricing far exceeds yours, and the price you ultimately pay for fuels will always be determined by the market price worldwide and not some damn fever dream fantasy US drilled/refined/used scenario...which is simply never going to happen. If we didn't use one drop of OPEC oil, the price you pay for fuels woukd not appreciably change.
Oil imports and exports - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
U.S. crude oil imports sources including OPEC and Persian Gulf, and top five source countries of U.S. oil imports and destinations of U.S. crude oil exports.www.eia.gov
There's something that can be done about that, but it's something that American's just aren't able to conceive of, and something we routinely invade other countries over for being "unfree" or whatever excuse.I
I was unaware of just how lacking in a basic understanding of global energy markets you are, or how small a percentage of OPEC oil we actually import. We import most of our oil from Canada, by far. We also export oil to Canada, in fact we export more oil to Canada than any place else, except Mexico.
You can tell OPEC whatever you want, their ability to influence pricing far exceeds yours, and the price you ultimately pay for fuels will always be determined by the market price worldwide and not some damn fever dream fantasy US drilled/refined/used scenario...which is simply never going to happen. If we didn't use one drop of OPEC oil, the price you pay for fuels woukd not appreciably change.
On the highway yesterday it appeared to me that several folks were back to that.
There has been no more noble military pursuit in American history that beating communism.
Wow, very informative.. thanks for postingI don't see this as a failure of free market systems. I am further seeing dependence on foreign sources and a limited pool of competition as an issue. Attached is an article that keeps it simple, non political, and straightforward.
Why the Northeast is quietly running out of diesel
Diesel inventories on the East Coast are at record lows. Truckers are spooked by the vanishing stocks and soaring rates.www.google.com
"Good Night and Good Luck"
In the end, communism defeats itself. It doesn't really need America for that. But one could say it's good for business. That may be the most American thing about it. I don't disagree that communism is bad. I just don't think it's necessary for America or anyone else to try to defeat it when it's possible to just watch it crumble from within.
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