You make my point for me

You agee with the fact that when the shit hits the fan American engenuity will prevail so with that we can move on.

By the way if I'm not mistaken Chevrons largest fuel refinery is in Pascagoula MS.

Since the beginning of warfare logistics has always been the biggest difference between winning and losing so I have taken into consideration what would happen if we were somehow cut off from imported fuel. Reality check starts here, when that happens fuel rationing will start and we will do what SunTzu says in the Art of War. We will use what we need from our reserves to get us to the battle and we will "TAKE" what we need when we get there. The harsh reality is if someone wants to hurt us they can and will when we least expect it. You can see from congressional hearings and the importance placed on physical border security in the speeches of our current candidates for POTUS that it isn't important at all to these people. It will be people like you and me that look at this whole problem from a realistic point of view that will make the difference in the future. Although oil is important to our economy and for that matter our future if we really need to get our hands on some Chavez will die and Venezuela will become the 51'st state if necessary.

I personally beleive that our dependency on fossil fuel needs to be curbed in a huge way and soon but it is the people that drive the economy and it is the people that drive demand for such technology. When the American population as a whole decide that it is important and are willing to pay for it then we will see alternatives pop up and from that we will start to see a decline demand for fossil fuel.

I don't disagree with you at all, on the contraty I agree with you whole heartedly but change requires time and I hope we have enough of that to see the change happen.