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Originally Posted by highsider  Fact: That chart shows the US defecit, over a period of time. It does not indicate any reasons why, it simply gives info. If you interpret it as propaganda, I suggest taking the tinfoil hat off. |
look at how the data was presented. that's all i'm sayin. people get their hands on that and use it as propaganda, when again, there's a lot more that go into those numbers than just the president attached to them.
and even if there's the lowball figure or oil in Alaska of around 4billion barrels the oil companies will still make money off it. for one, the government gives US oil companies HUGE kickbacks. two, they know if the US supports the Alaska route, it's really the solution we'll be riding on and the oil in Iraq will be put on the back burner. they'll still make a HUGE profit because they know we'll have to pay whatever prices they set. they'll control the flow and in the not too distant future it'll start to trickle off just, like Prudhdoe Bay. the oil companies will ALWAYS come out on top! the US has been talking about alternative energy, fuel efficient cars, etc since the 1970s. don't expect any huge changes any time soon...
i don't claim to know exactly how much oil is in Alaska, the exact numbers are irrelevant in the big scheme of things. all that's needed to know is that it won't last us long and is most likely a wasted effort. it'll never rival the amount in Iraq. it's like making a temporary fix, instead of a long-term solution. eventually we'll be BACK in Iraq trying to blast them out of the stone-age and maximize their oil production.
also- it's not just the big middle-east countries, like Iran, that we're worried about coming into Iraq after we leave. there are bigger countries on the energy squeeze that rely on Iraq's oil. Russia is one off the top of my head... if we leave, we've basically set the stage and cleared a path for anyone to come in right after us.