Jason Bourne Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 ...and we all end up paying too much at the gas pumps because of prices based on the world market Isn't crude back down to under $70 a barrel? By all means, 'blame' Arab governments for the fact your petrol prices are still much lower than ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 You been reading Max Brooks' World War Z again recently, Harleyman? Sorry mate, dont even know who Max Brooks is even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 The US has enough untapped oil of it's own to be completely self sufficient indefinitely However due to environmental issues and the power of the environmentalists in Washington it remians untapped so instead they buy oil from countries that hate them and we all end up paying too much at the gas pumps because of prices based on the world market What a joke. I do not believe this is true. Please provide links to verify that your comments are accurate. If it was the case such links should be extremely easy to find given the panacea this would be to the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Hold on. The US can't criticise other countries for violations of human rights when they themselves still sanction capital punishment and torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Sorry mate, dont even know who Max Brooks is even. He's Mel Brooks son. Author of the rather excellent Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 If on the other hand the communist government Come on, don't wheel out the 50's bogeyman. China is a by-product of global capitalism. It's not been communist since Mao popped his clogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Sorry mate, dont even know who Max Brooks is even. No worries. He turned your prediction into a rather delectable novel some years back (the Chinese start the zombie thing, they munch/take the world pretty much over, but the US saves the day as always ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Isn't crude back down to under $70 a barrel? By all means, 'blame' Arab governments for the fact your petrol prices are still much lower than ours They could be a lot lower if we used our own oil and the government and the oil companies could work together. It wont happen however due to environmental issues, the move towards greener technology and if we didnt buy our huge share of middle eastern oil the Arab countries would suffer a serious shortfall in revenue which is not in the best interests for stability in that part of the world. We bank roll Israel and keep oil sheikhs wealthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourne Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 if we didnt buy our huge share of middle eastern oil the Arab countries would suffer a serious shortfall in revenue which is not in the best interests for stability in that part of the world. I don't agree on this. Firstly, if the USA didn't buy the oil, then the Chinese would! Did you know Sudan (on the USA terrorist hit list) sells its oil to China, and they've got a nice bilateral trade going on? Secondly, the USA has been interfering in Middle East affairs for decades (Iran, Iraq, Israel). I fear the last thing the USA wants to see is stability in the Middle East and for the Arab nations stop killing each other and become another superpower threat to US interests! We bank roll Israel and keep oil sheikhs wealthy Agreed, on both points! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex C. Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 The US has enough untapped oil of it's own to be completely self sufficient indefinitely. Since it's impossible for that to be the case, how much oil exactly do you think the USA has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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