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Politics : John McCain for President

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To: puborectalis who wrote (3306)9/19/2008 10:45:48 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) of 6579
 
The Reality of the Current U.S. Energy Policy, According to Mr. Ricker

Every day:
* We buy 20 million barrels of oil
* We borrow $2 billion from competitive countries (e.g., China)
* We pay $2 billion to unfriendly countries (e.g., Russia)
* We consume everything we’ve bought

This results in our:
* Owing $2 billion we don’t know how to repay
* Incurring $10 million of additional recurring interest

Every year we borrow $750 billion to buy oil, which is:
* Equivalent to 1.5 times the U.S. military budget
* Equivalent to 1.5 times the annual cost of Social Security
* Equivalent to 2 times the annual cost of medicine

All the RNC chants of “Drill Baby Drill” won’t change that reality.

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