I agree with Mary in her sumation that we can not – can not – go on being dependent upon the Mullahs (Opec) for our oil – the life blood of our economy and very existence. These nuts hate us.
I agree with the libertarians that the liberals creating a grand regulated energy and transportation scheme would have us all driving bicycles while they figured out their plan sucks. We would look like China and be totally at the mercy of stupid (Republican) and evil (Democrat) politicans for all means of production. That is like putting us at the mercy of the Mullahs who are both stupid and evil.
If Congress wants to get involved – and they will – they should ban the import of oil from Nations who can not be trusted. They should permit the production of oil on our shores to make up the difference and deregulate. American oil will be expensive and will move the market to develop and sell the best alternatives they can create. Americans are going to have to change from what we have now. Hopefully, and in the tradition of American innovation, something better will eventually replace what we have now.
Americans hate massive transit systems and won’t use it as we have found out before during the global cooling scare. They want the freedom and personal independence to live and move about under their own control and with whom they choose to associate. The best Congress can do is stay out of the way and dampen the socialist impulse and ego to orchestrate, regulate and control the transition from foreign oil dependence. But there is no choice but to cut our dependence on OPEC oil. This won’t hurt OPEC too much. They will have developing countries, China and India take up the slack. But it will make us and our economy more stable.
