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Originally Posted by cutter
I agree 100%, and that is another great reason to reduce our fossil fuel consumption, to free us from O.P.E.C.s death grip on America.
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Personally, I could care less about OPEC.
The Saudi's are the devils.
We have a lot of oil off the coast of California and in the Arctic.
We just aren't ready YET for the political battle that would take.
The Canadians are sitting atop a huge reservoir of oil (in shale) which can be extracted for around $15/barrel.
There is alot going on behind the scenes in this debate about global warming.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the radical ecos and anti-capitalists (read commies) are funding and pushing it. I couldn't prove it if I had to, just a prejudiced notion on my part.
The only motive I can think of for them doing so is a last gasp effort to show the world that democracy sucks and everyone should be commies.
I know that sounds way out there to some of you. Anyway, whatever is causing the world to SLOWLY warm up a bit is unstoppable by me, even if I wanted too.
I have another crazy notion too about global warming. If it does happen that the oceans rise a little and we lose a little coastal real estate, it all "comes out in the wash". What I mean is, ground now locked up in permafrost or too far north to be agricultural at present should benefit from a warming. People could begin habitating parts of the planet (and there's a lot) that currently are unbearably cold. A good trade off, I think.
Human populations have moved around on the surface of the earth for many thousands of years due to climate changes. What makes us think we're immune ?