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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (115393)	8/31/2008 11:49:12 PM
From: GuinnessGuy	Read Replies (2) of 132070

Hi mike, you wrote- " I believe that in 10 years we could be totally independent from Middle East oil." If by the you mean we could reduce our dependence on oil to the extent that we use the same percentage less that we currently import from the ME then I agree. Here's a well researched topic on what may be the 'easiest' way to lap off a bunch of our oil usage: theoildrum.com Of course, that is only the lowest hanging fruit. There are undoubtedly many others. Check out the story in the NY Times about the use of cars powered by natural gas in Utah. nytimes.com This would be nice, but you have the old chicken and the egg problem. No private business is going to put in the infrastructure without some sort of guarantee that the gov't will subsidize(if necessary) the extra cost of the autos(not that it's that much). This is exactly where the dems shine and the conservatives won't. They'd rather 'stay the course' until this nation is bankrupt, rather than dither with their well heeled special interest donors. craig

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