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Originally Posted by webexplorer
Actually, we really do not depend on oil. There are many good alternative energy such as solar panels, vary of sized windpowers, hybrid vehicles, and many other machines.
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Let's get our facts straight! We are very dependent on oil.
Try this test...if we were to stop receiving oil right now and use up what is on hand (probably last maybe a week or two at current rates of consumption), how would the US do? The economy would crash, people couldn't get very far without a bicycle, life would be totally different. Yes, we have oil from the Gulf, Alaska, and some other places but it is no where near enough for all the cars. The military and the gov't would get first dibs just to run the place and protect us. The rest of us are out of luck.
I would hate to try that before we were ready to switch to other things...