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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (201257)	9/5/2006 12:36:32 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Addiction works, the first sign of addiction is denying you are addicted. What happens if the US had to go cold turkey? Shakes, internal upset, the US has a psychological problem in that the more efficient they make stuff the bigger they make it. But that's true of any basic material. Gold, silver, copper, lumber, steel... Go cold turkey on steel and see what happens. "Addiction" is merely the catch word of the day and only in response to the higher gas prices. It allows the government to pretend it's doing something. A different linguistic approach to "I feel your pain." The best thing for Americans IMO $100.00 a barrel oil. With oil at $150 a barrel all kinds of alternatives and economies show up Much of the industrialized world does that by artificial means. Other governments have taken a strategy of taxing at the pump. The price of gasoline being much higher at the pump in Japan than in the US. That has affected consumer choices in transportation. We don't want to do that here, because taxes are evil. But at least the revenue would stay in the US vs going offshore. We could regulate gas mileage requirements, but Congress hasn't wanted to do that for 30 years. US auto manufacturers would whine, but the US and those same automanufacturers would both be better off in the long run. Oil independence only has significant meaning if you nationalize the US oil industry, which certainly isn't going to happen. Oil prices are set in a global market based on bids/contracts. If Exxon-Mobil gets an oil lease in ANWR, the oil is going to be sold on the global market. China is as likely to get that oil as the US. jttmab