Cold Turkey Not Required - Wouldn’t It Be Nice If……
Posted by Andy on February 11th, 2008
We had an increase in the main fuel source for America, domestically?
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
“If you end up freezing (Venezuelan assets) and it harms us, we’re going to harm you,” Chavez said, directing his words to U.S. President George W. Bush. “Do you know how? We aren’t going to send oil to the United States. Take note, Mr. Bush, Mr. Danger.”
Exxon Mobil has gone after the assets of Venezuela’s state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, in U.S., British and Dutch courts as it challenges the nationalization of a multibillion dollar (euro) oil project by Chavez’s government last year. A British court has issued an injunction “freezing” as much as $12 billion in assets.
Chavez is a thugocrat that is adored by some on the left. He’s a socialist dictator and employs political and social plans that many leading liberal Democrats hope to bring to America.
That being said, wouldn’t it be wonderful if the US was willing to explore and drill for our own Domestic oil? Seriously, if we want to end our addiction to foreign oil, the immediate solution is easy, no we don’t have to go cold turkey to renewables. We could extend the R & D period for the next generation of energy if we would just use the oil that lies beneath our own soil and off our coastlines.
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February 11th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I think you should continue celebrating the idea that Thug-o Chavez may get smited by the US Courts on something, anything. IF that happens, then we can rightfully charge our own Congress with stupidity, malingering and mopery in not letting us use our own oil resources.