06-18-2008, 12:57 PM
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Political Guru
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 825
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Quote:
Originally Posted by naturemomma
I agree with your last line, and some of the others... But our entire economy is based on oil....
Food, energy, from what a comapany makes, to what they install. Mailing a check, getting a service, making a call, everything is dependant on oil.
I too believe in conserving. Did you know that if everyone in the country used non-petroleum based dish soap, we (US) would save 15 billion barrels of oil per year?
But we need to do all these things in conjunction. We really have no choice.
And you are right, I have not read many of your posts, actually, until today, I don't think I ever saw you around here before....
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Hi naturemama, If drilling here would benifit us so much how come the oil companies aren't using the leased land they know have oil now? What makes you think they would actually drill if its to thier benifit to keep supply limited? Is this just a distration from the real issue of needing alternate sources and a way to keep the oil companies in control ? Is this just a feel good measure for us, because it won't do anything to bring down prices for years and may not even do that because of the global market. I have no problem with drilling for oil but think this is a lot of smoke and mirrors to avoid real solutions that the oil companies may not benifit finacially from.
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