Originally Posted by
law dawg
There's a lot of truth to what you're saying.
And there's a lot of truth to what people say about us being over there for oil. But I also note that those people complaining about us being over there for oil are still consumers. When they sign up to live the Amish lifestyle then I can listen to their argument with more enthusiasm.
Because non-commercial gasoline is only a small part of oil consumption.
I agree with everything except for the oil part. I say if we're over there for the oil, where the hell is it? If we were getting oil out of the deal, I don't think we'd still be paying nearly $3 a gallon for gass and heating bills wouldn't be high either. Hell, even electric's up because of it (even though my power company primarily uses coal
).
Plastics are a large part of where oil is used too. I don't think most people realize most plastic comes from petrochemicals.