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donnamatrix · 05-23-2008, 03:15 PM

Sam: I think we can take some of the blame ourselves. I remember the energy crisis in the 70s. My Mom was in the hospital, you could only get gas on odd or even days (depending on your license plate)and it was really hard to get to visit her as she was in a rural area ... yet the US , which inhales an enormous amount of fuel, has never done anything since the 70s to lessen our reliance on outside resources. Geologically speaking, most of the oil is not in the US... I don't want to eradicate the Alaskan wilderness to find oil. Car makers in the US seem to have embraced hybrids only in the last 15 minutes. I would dearly love to take public transport, but there isn't any up here. We're still not paying for fuel what is and has been paid in Europe and other places (except Middle East) ... I am also worried about the future. All the news about house values falling, layoffs, companies closing their doors, fuel costs, etc., it's like the Apocolypse.. eeek.

05-23-2008, 03:15 PM	#5
donnamatrix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 833 Thanks: 24 Thanked 258 Times in 120 Posts	Oil & the future fears Sam: I think we can take some of the blame ourselves. I remember the energy crisis in the 70s. My Mom was in the hospital, you could only get gas on odd or even days (depending on your license plate)and it was really hard to get to visit her as she was in a rural area ... yet the US , which inhales an enormous amount of fuel, has never done anything since the 70s to lessen our reliance on outside resources. Geologically speaking, most of the oil is not in the US... I don't want to eradicate the Alaskan wilderness to find oil. Car makers in the US seem to have embraced hybrids only in the last 15 minutes. I would dearly love to take public transport, but there isn't any up here. We're still not paying for fuel what is and has been paid in Europe and other places (except Middle East) ... I am also worried about the future. All the news about house values falling, layoffs, companies closing their doors, fuel costs, etc., it's like the Apocolypse.. eeek.