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merlinfe, our electricity is derived from primarily coal, nuclear, hydro, and natural gas. All of which is from here. I agree we have a lot of our own oil, yet when someone sneezes in the middle east the cost of oil and gas immediately goes up.
I retired from the Air Force and have gone to the sand box a number of times, it was all over oil. We still get a majority of our oil from the Middle East, hence our interest. Why else do we care about that part of the world? We originally went into Iraq simply because the Saudis essentially hired us to do it. They were concerned that Hussein would attack them next and get control over what....? Oil.
That is the real reason Hussein went into Kuwait. If we would greatly reduce our dependency on oil in general, we would reduce are interest in the Middle East and we wouldn't be bringing guys and gals back with parts missing, if they come back at all.
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