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Originally Posted by Robbie
What do you guys think about the idea of America going for it's own natural resources? Were those guys correct saying that the U.S. has 300 years of energy with oil and coal that the govt. is keeping us from being able to get?
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Yeah, there's lots of energy in the US... But why bother with it at this time?
The US imports more oil from Canada than any other country and there's lots more here to come... Especially once the pipeline gets built.. Course, they better hurry up because we're planning on building a pipeline to the coast so we can ship it off to China as well.
The Oil companies maximize their profits right now by leaving toxic landscapes in third world countries that have no regulations and dirt cheap labour.
The propaganda machine that's been ramping up over the last couple years for clean coal and overly burdensome government regulations isn't quite to the point where the masses completely believe oil is in truly short supply and so are willing to let the companies rape the land..
Getting at the energy in the US would probably be a bit more expensive than getting it elsewhere at this point due to having to actually run a clean ship and hire more expensive labor.
National Security would dictate that you suck all the oil out of all other countries first so that you're left with your own supply in the future... Plus you get to sell it at a premium at that point.
And of course they're all making billions of dollars by keeping it in limited supply so why fuck with that.
Energy independence is a great campaign tactic because everyone wants that. But none of them will actually get it done.