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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (227798)4/4/2005 10:08:16 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1573439
 
as well as a downpayment on helping us to avert a global ecosystem meltdown.

If your vision of a "global ecosystem meltdown" is considered likely than many of your ideas make more sense, however I don't consider it likely.

If we could reduce oil consumption by 25% hen our economy will be tremendously more resilient and could withstand oil shocks better

The cost to reduce oil consumption by 25% would be enormous. Adding that much cost and that much more government control over our economy would probably make it less resilient overall, even if it did somewhat increase our ability to withstand "oil shocks".

Then of course, I don't have to argue the political motivations for divorcing our economy from dependence on the commodities supplied by unstable regimes.

Which would not be accomplished by reducing oil consumption by 25%.

Eliminate the need for oil and you free Americans from the need to be hostile to secure their addiction.

1 - I don't view American actions in this area as being generally hostile.

2 - Reducing oil use by 25% or replacing all cars with hybrids, will not "eliminate the need for oil".

3 - Eliminating the need for oil, would not "divorce our economy from dependence on the commodities supplied by unstable regimes."

Tim
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