Originally Posted by Mitch

Big problem I see in all this IF we get off foreign oil (which I think we should) or when they just flat out run out: We think we have problems with the middle east now, just wait until their governments (I use that term loosely) and, to a much lessor extent, the people of these countries start seeing their revenue dry up. What else do they have over there to replace that revenue? Nothing. It'll be like many countries in Africa...only they will fully blame the U.S. for it...millions of more terrorists just waiting to get their revenge on those they are told gave them their station in life.

There is no easy, quick, neat fix to this. Just saying we need to get onto an alternative energy plan ASAP is like saying we now need to pull troops out of Iraq immediately. Maybe if we thought about the repercussions beforehand, we wouldn't be in either problem that we are in right now...