>>>>>If there is really that much oil in Alaska (drainable at a specific premium of less than 30$ barrel) I think it is very prudent to keep it there as long as other fields can be exploitet.
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>>>>That makes sense to me. Let the Middle East run out of oil while we still have some. Tactical.
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>>>It wouldn't be much of a tactic. They have far more reserves than we do.
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>>>Developing alternative forms of energy, now that would be a tactic.
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>>We do that too.
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>>Personally, I think any new building in America should be required to have solar panels. But outside of a radical policy like that, all sectors of America are developing alternative forms of energy.
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>I know we do some research into alternative forms of energy. What I meant was results -- something that replaces some or all of our oil and gasoline usage.


The only solid reason we really need to replace our oil usage is because some day oil is going to run out. (The green argument isn't that solid.)

I hadn't assumed we're progressing toward alternative energy on a poor schedule with regards to the oil supply schedule.

The evidence I see is we've got quite a bit of ways to go on alternatives to oil, but we have quite a bit of oil for now. Seems to naturally work out.

Any evidence to the contrary would be interesting to see.


But, that said, I agree with you. Results are the best. I've been looking solar panels for my house. I would expect the results to appear on my energy bills, directly affecting how much money I have to contribute toward other aspects of the economy.