political : A QUESTION ON MIDDLE EAST OIL IMPORTS [+] ballot by xxxxxxxx created Sat Nov 06, 04 Excerpted from Amory Lovins "Our Common Future: Healing the Planet" (1989). In 1985, we [Americans] paid eighteen times as much for naval forces in the Persian Gulf as we were paying for all the oil we imported from the Gulf. That is, the oil cost us altogether about $495 a barrel, and about ninety percent of it went to our competitors, who didn't pay much of our naval bill. We could eliminate our imports of Mideast oil by improving automobile efficiency by a measly three miles a gallon--or by investing in more heat-tight American buildings just one year's U.S. naval bill in the Persian Gulf. That was 15 years ago in 1989. My question is, do you think it is possible to eliminate our dependence on Middle East oil, or is it too late? I might remind that during the oil crisis of 1979, President Carter HALVED the imports of foreign oil (from 8.6 to 4.3 million barrels) by encouraging conservation. Can we do that nowadays? Yes, it is likely to happen Yes, it's possible No, it is not likely to happen No, it is not possible It's too difficult to tell Ballot #57620 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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