Dependence on Foreign Oil

Senator Jim DeMint talks about the need to relieve our dependence on foreign oil.

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• Oil

[billchot]

$600 Billion is shipped out of the US economy to buy foreign oil every year. This is money that could stay in the US and boost the economy. This is a bigger crisis than the real estate meltdown, and it happens every year with no end in sight. We must drill for oil while we develop alternatives.

[kcjh23]

Drilling domestically can help alleviate the high gas prices in the next couple years until some legitimate alternative energy solution is made.

[Allante715]

@Jackcar141

Check out my other post. No sense in debating practically the same thing in two videos.

[Jackcar141]

@Allante715 Federal Department of Energy plus different statistics information from groups both government and independent, check it out. The rate of our usage of fossil fuels, plus the number of limited resources left if we keep using up resources at this rate will promise us at most 50 years of coal and 10-15 years of oil. We are in deep shit if we don't start conserving our fossil fuel supply.

[Allante715]

@Jackcar141

Where did you get that information. Last time I hard we had 350 years of Coal supply. Where also did you get 10 years of oil at the world usage rate? Sounds bogus to me.

[Jackcar141]

@Allante715 Our coal supply is literally going to last us only 50yrs or less if we continue our rate of usage. I know the deal with oil in the US (most from Canada) but the truth is we only have 10yrs worth in the world at our rate of usage.

[Allante715]

@Jackcar141

One could certainly say that for oil but not for coal, we have the worlds largest supply of coal sitting beneath us. Oil comes from many places besides the Middle East (i.e. the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Africa) and there is no proof that all the profits go to terrorist organizations. The entire slogan is nothing but a cliche. We can reduce our dependency a little bit but never entirely. Well until we all drive electric cars with power coming from non-oil producing power plants.

[Jackcar141]

@Allante715 That is a very important point, but oil and other fossil fuels are what is needed to power them. In my opinion, this is the most important thing in our lives as it not only affects our economy, but our troops (oil bought from the Middle East usually from Iran and Saudi Arabia go to terrorist organizations), the environment (climate change), and our health. These are reasons that no political party can possibly deny without committing political suicide.

[Allante715]

Hey Demint. Maybe we should reduce our depedence on foreign made PRODUCTS. Why must it always be about oil. Everywhere we look consumer items are made in countries that are not the USA. I only wish we were actually an independent country that could make its own products with its own natural resources. But, I guess no one gives a damn.

[roweste]

Lets rip up Alaska! Who lives there but a bunch of Eskimos and Hippies anyway?

I just took out a loan to buy a second Hummer (for my wife) and I can barely afford the gas.

[teepost1]

the video is good, I believe that we must get out of opec, stop the movement toward a one world goverment, lock down (all) our borders, and abolish the IRS. Take care of us first!