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Oil use in America

Thursday, July 26 at 2:00 PM

Robert Lipton of Lakewood writes:

Is there one courageous politician willing to tell it like it is, in the face of environmental opposition? America can not exist without oil. It is disquieting to read the sloganeering that prevents us from developing our own oil reserves. I challenge the “save Alaska for our children” brigade to explain how their children will have the opportunity to experience Alaska when the American economy is in shambles as a result of world oil being ninety nine per cent controlled by foreign governments. Those companies are not constrained from economic blackmail. I presume it will be working as roughnecks in the arctic for Chinese controlled companies. We cannot have a military without oil.
We cannot have agriculture or industry without oil. Pie in the sky promises of ethanol, wind power, solar power providing all the energy we need are false . We cannot rely on such measures in a competitive world of increasing population. I’m all for protecting the environment. I want a realistic approach , holistic, which will consider the political and economic environment my children will live in not the one issue feel good, save the caribou, approach which controls the argument over hydrocarbon and nuclear power. Where is that politician? Nowhere.The short sighted only vote for people who speak pap rather then reality. It is more comfortable.

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READER COMMENTS

Robert, you selfish man. You should know that all natural resources of this nation belong to the bankers, politicians, and oil companies. It is for their use, not ours. It is for the benefit of the wealthy, powerful policy makers, not the average American. So please do not waste our time expounding on the need to produce natural resources for the benefit of this nations citizens. It will never happen. It is not part of the agenda.

Posted by RP McMurphy on July 27, 2007 08:01 AM