Vote 4 Energy.... er, Big Oil

[kgrandia]

New Site:Vote 4 Energy riffing on the American Petroleum Institute's new pretend-itzen's pro oil drilling, XL Keystone Pipeline campaign.

[badtoworse]

1. I'd rather drill and produce it here...

...than buy it from people that hate us and want to kill us.

[GliderGuider]

2. Yeah, you can never be too careful about those Canadians...

Murderous poutine-eating scum. Capable of anything. It's the long Arctic nights that drive them insane.

[badtoworse]

3. There's a lot of Bakkan shale in the US

...and even so, I'd rather send the money to Canada than Saudi Arabia

[GliderGuider]

4. Or you could all cut down on the driving and not have to buy it from anyone.

But I understand a lot of people don't like that idea...

[Dead_Parrot]

5. That's crazy talk

You'll be telling us to recycle next. Sheesh...

[kgrandia]

9. Nope

How about starting with much higher fuel mileage standards for cars - technology already exists, it is relatively cheap to do, but the auto industry is of course opposed.

[badtoworse]

6. Some can't; some don't want to, and a few might, but that is not relevant

The reality is we're not getting off oil any time soon, so we might as well obtain it in a way that provides us the most benefit and our enemies the least.

[GliderGuider]

7. The reality is a bit harder than that.

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You will obtain "oil" from whoever will sell it to you cheapest. Canada, Saudi Arabia or Bakken shale - it makes precious little difference. And "cheapest" usually means "most successful at socializing the costs". Realpolitik has no conscience, just a checkbook and an agenda.

[kgrandia]

8. Where?

And where is all this oil you speak of that the can be drilled in the US and lower foreign oil consumption? Did you know that the US is already exporting gasoline and diesel to the EU? Producing oil here does not mean it stays here, it is sold as an international commodity to the highest bidder.