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Originally Posted by LewisM
Until we have environmentally friendly solutions for aircraft, shipping, trains and other form of transport and recreation, EV's are - unfortunately - just a miniscule drop in a bucket with a massive hole in the bottom. Every bit counts, but we are DECADES away from a solution.
Until then, the US will continue to have invasions and wars for oil control...
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Now Lewis, is that really the case going forward? Trump keeps claiming the US is self sufficient in oil production. Perhaps it's the really nasty shale oil process, but maybe they don't need Saudi oil anymore. There is also the big pipeline being built to bring Canadian shale oil down from northern Alberta into the US Midwest. They have enormous strategic reserves stored underground in Texas, I believe, something like 500 million barrels. With his plans to open up the National Parks in Alaska to oil exploration, it seems like they don't need middle East oil. Of course it is terrible envitonmentally, but he doesn't care.