Originally Posted By: Lorenzo
Oil is a commodity, which means trying to deprive foreign suppliers of your money by buying from domestic supliers is useless. Its like taking a bucket of water from only one side of a lake.
The only way to reduce the amount of money going to those foreign sources is to reduce total demand which then reduces price. That means smaller more efficient cars, houses, and less consumption overall. I don't think this is a choice our fellow Americans are willing to make because it would mean some (gasp) sacrifice.
+1 you are correct. But I did "downsize" all of the family vehicles last year and cut our fuel consumption by almost 40%. Well worth doing. No more V8 engines. All I-4 or V6.
Oil is a commodity, which means trying to deprive foreign suppliers of your money by buying from domestic supliers is useless. Its like taking a bucket of water from only one side of a lake.
The only way to reduce the amount of money going to those foreign sources is to reduce total demand which then reduces price. That means smaller more efficient cars, houses, and less consumption overall. I don't think this is a choice our fellow Americans are willing to make because it would mean some (gasp) sacrifice.
+1 you are correct. But I did "downsize" all of the family vehicles last year and cut our fuel consumption by almost 40%. Well worth doing. No more V8 engines. All I-4 or V6.