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Originally posted by cowtown
I'm glad this FreedomFromOil group supports nuclear power expansion. That's the only energy source that could possibly wean us off ME oil, so it follows that this group must be in favor. Otherwise, they'd just be pie-in-the-sky hypocrites.
I look forward to seeing their next full-page ad supporting a national nuclear fuel storage facility.
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I think the amount of oil we get from the Persian Gulf is something like 25%, or at least it was a couple of years ago.
This group seems to claim that 70% of our overall oil consumption is due to transportation. If thats true its easy to see that increasing the efficiency of the transportation fleet by around 1/3rd would eliminate the need to source oil from the ME on paper.
Of course if all other (non ME) sources are expected to diminish then this won't hold true. And it would never happen instantaneously, so this is something of a 'pipe' dream, but are you saying that a notable drop in oil consumption would have no effect on our reliance on ME oil?