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rjr54 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:1,105 Points:393,320 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2006 12:12:41 AM Ignore rjr54 Report Abuse Cannot. Perhaps a more important question would be: Do you think the USA can prevent it's reliance on foreign oil from reaching 90% two decades from now? That will be an interesting challenge.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,039 Points:2,669,390 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Oct 15, 2006 9:10:34 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Cannot
Bill313 Champion Author Kansas City Posts:5,520 Points:772,565 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Oct 13, 2006 2:30:02 AM Ignore Bill313 Report Abuse Cannot
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,039 Points:2,669,390 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Oct 1, 2006 8:00:32 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Cannot
use2b29 Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:12,510 Points:2,484,025 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2006 7:17:07 AM Ignore use2b29 Report Abuse Cannot
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,039 Points:2,669,390 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2006 7:08:49 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Cannot
vwbeetlegal All-Star Author Colorado Posts:700 Points:66,160 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2006 4:02:01 AM Ignore vwbeetlegal Report Abuse It can if people would just stay home more and ride a bike whenever possible.
Bill313 Champion Author Kansas City Posts:5,520 Points:772,565 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2006 3:29:47 AM Ignore Bill313 Report Abuse Cannot
twowheel Champion Author Austin Posts:13,412 Points:2,885,940 Joined:Oct 2004	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2006 1:02:50 PM Ignore twowheel Report Abuse cannot
computersrme Champion Author Des Moines Posts:13,245 Points:2,651,215 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2006 1:00:43 PM Ignore computersrme Report Abuse I think we could, but it will take a concentrated effort similar to landing man on the moon. Our government certainly has no desire or inclination to do anything, which is not suprising.
Blorp Veteran Author Maryland Posts:342 Points:87,260 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2006 12:17:51 PM Ignore Blorp Report Abuse Sure it can, but it will take a determined effort to push alternative energy sources. High prices help to spur this on.
truckdude Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,265 Points:1,333,820 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2006 8:43:09 AM Ignore truckdude Report Abuse No, they cannot, but we can try to reduce it
SoMDHybrid Champion Author Maryland Posts:12,580 Points:2,497,390 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Sep 26, 2006 6:12:34 AM Ignore SoMDHybrid Report Abuse Cannot right now.
ddbp Champion Author Greensboro Posts:12,598 Points:2,487,265 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Sep 26, 2006 12:58:44 AM Ignore ddbp Report Abuse No time soon. [Edited by: ddbp at 9/26/2006 1:00:04 AM EST]
cincindie Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:9,784 Points:1,936,545 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Sep 26, 2006 12:48:59 AM Ignore cincindie Report Abuse Probably not.
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Sep 24, 2006 9:18:07 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse heggesses, dream on!
drun Veteran Author British Columbia Posts:424 Points:773,180 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Sep 20, 2006 3:36:09 PM Ignore drun Report Abuse No, I don't think so. Bush and his buddies have too much at stake, and It's too big of social and life change for Americans to go through. It would be nice to see the U.S. finicially independant from foreign oil/fuel
DrWhy Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,689 Points:438,870 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Sep 20, 2006 3:09:37 PM Ignore DrWhy Report Abuse We can if we have to corporate will. (corporate in the sense of everyone as a whole, not in the sense of a business organization)
#12#_BlairGasSpy Rookie Author Nebraska Posts:12 Points:200 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Sep 20, 2006 11:16:13 AM Ignore #12#_BlairGasSpy Report Abuse Can.
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Sep 20, 2006 9:27:32 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse Look, we're never going to be self-sufficient on oil. Best we can hope for is to eliminate our imports from the "bad guys".
Bill313 Champion Author Kansas City Posts:5,520 Points:772,565 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Sep 18, 2006 11:53:24 PM Ignore Bill313 Report Abuse Do you think the U.S. can end its reliance on foreign oil sources within the next two decades, or not? Cannot not the way we are keeping a mind set. We were starting with solar 35 yrs ago and blew it. Geo thermal not moving on it. Solar dragging our feet. Wind power starting to move and that will only be a small percent but it's a start, thank you.
rjr54 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:1,105 Points:393,320 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Sep 17, 2006 11:10:34 AM Ignore rjr54 Report Abuse To BoerneWatch, re: "our dependence will lessen significantly" Wow, that would be great but I just don't see how. This is all about supply and demand. The American public loves their pickups and SUVs. So there is a lot of demand and I don't see how it is going to decrease because people are buying bigger gas guzzlers all the time. So over the last 10 years American consumption has risen 30%. Dispite a ton of drilling the last 5-10 years, there really haven't been a lot of huge discoveries in the USA. So in the last 10 years domestic production has declined by a factor of 2 - from 18 million barrels a day to 9 million. The US is a lot more dependant of foriegn oil today than it was 10 years ago. And the factors causing that seem to be accelerating. So I expect it to be much worse 10 years from now. If I had to guestimate I would say that in ten years American domestic oil production will decline by a factor of two again to 5 million barrels. American consumption will continue to grow probably 30% to 60 million barrels a day. Dependance on foreign oil will increase to more 90% of their consumption.
PRICO42 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,960 Points:826,020 Joined:May 2002	Message Posted: Sep 13, 2006 7:03:03 PM Ignore PRICO42 Report Abuse YES
BoerneWatch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:15,531 Points:2,451,840 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 13, 2006 12:28:57 PM Ignore BoerneWatch Report Abuse Not within 20 years, but our dependence will lessen significantly.
PriceMonger Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:5,704 Points:1,018,710 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Sep 13, 2006 12:24:14 PM Ignore PriceMonger Report Abuse there is no way that dependence on forign oil can be ended. It is naive to think so
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Sep 13, 2006 9:20:55 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse It's ridicuous to believe that our dependence on foreign oil can be eliminated in 20 years. We can't change out our infrastrucure that fast to accommodate alternate fuels. Besides, there's nothing wrong with importing oil. We import all kinds of commodities necessary to our way of life. The important thing is to reduce (not eliminate) our imports so that unfriendly nations don't control our destiny.
april4 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:12,159 Points:2,397,935 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 10, 2006 2:47:44 PM Ignore april4 Report Abuse It can, but it will not.
Cubb Sophomore Author London Posts:189 Points:28,000 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2006 6:45:06 PM Ignore Cubb Report Abuse Can ... but not easily
NakedDriver Champion Author Des Moines Posts:15,843 Points:2,459,230 Joined:Oct 2004	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2006 12:25:30 PM Ignore NakedDriver Report Abuse ə hmmmm. texas, i notice your grammar and spelling skills are lacking today. ☺ that aside, i do not think that "can" is the operative word here. the word is "must". we likely will be _forced_ to end our dependence on foreign oil, as the muslim countires eventually will stop selling to us in retribution for our anti-terrorist moves. so, i'd say, we'd _better_ find a way to end it before that happens! ə
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,039 Points:2,669,390 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2006 7:09:59 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Cannot
truckdude Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,265 Points:1,333,820 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Aug 28, 2006 9:07:58 AM Ignore truckdude Report Abuse No
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2006 10:47:47 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse TexasFight , you're right. BUT two decades is too short to completely change over the energy infrastructure.
TexasFight Champion Author Austin Posts:12,500 Points:2,569,455 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 26, 2006 3:02:19 PM Ignore TexasFight Report Abuse twowheel, you're such the optomist. I believe, however, that this country can do anything it puts it's mind to. We just have to quit playing politics, develop a plan of action, and put in place.
twowheel Champion Author Austin Posts:13,412 Points:2,885,940 Joined:Oct 2004	Message Posted: Aug 26, 2006 2:23:21 PM Ignore twowheel Report Abuse Cannot
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Aug 17, 2006 10:55:38 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse CornerGas40, exactly how do you propose we do it?
CornerGas40 Veteran Author Ontario Posts:468 Points:180,820 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Aug 16, 2006 12:10:15 PM Ignore CornerGas40 Report Abuse can
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Aug 16, 2006 12:04:04 PM Ignore throttle Report Abuse "Energy independence" is a phony issue. We import a lot of things essential to our standard of living. The issue is making sure we have reliable suppliers.
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2006 8:52:03 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse Good analysis, rjr54.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,039 Points:2,669,390 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2006 7:07:35 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Cannot
BillA Champion Author Portland Posts:11,174 Points:1,579,590 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2006 3:03:43 PM Ignore BillA Report Abuse The U.S. cannot create MORE oil, but we could easily cut back our dependance on oil! Bio-diesel is cheap to make, it's used cooking oil and lye. Alternate fuels have been around all along (most of the cars of 1900 ran on strait ethanol ) Electric and steam powered cars existed in 1920 Gasoline wasn't even a major player in the first few decades of American autos.
BOZZ Sophomore Author Louisiana Posts:149 Points:647,710 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2006 1:59:37 PM Ignore BOZZ Report Abuse i DON'T THINK WE CAN BUT WE CAN SURLY NOT LET THEM CONTROL THE OIL MARKET THERE IS A LOT OF EXPLORATION LEFT IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE HAVE TO START USING IT.
rjr54 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:1,105 Points:393,320 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2006 5:50:05 AM Ignore rjr54 Report Abuse The USA consumption continues to increase. The USA only produces about 1/3 of their needs. So eliminate the dependance on foreign crude today would require a decrease by a factor of 3 in consumption. That will not happen soon, Americans love their pick-ups and SUVs too much. And it will get even worse in five years. The USA has about 6% of the world's proven reserves. But they consume 40% of the oil. So the USA reserves are being depleted much faster than the rest of the worlds. And at the current rate they will be gone in 5-8 years including the Alaskan, Atlantic and Pacific fields. American dependance on foreign crude will rapidly increase over the next 10 years. Hopefully most of the suppliers are friendly like Canada.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,039 Points:2,669,390 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Aug 8, 2006 6:34:27 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Cannot
GreenLuminaAPV Champion Author Akron Posts:3,812 Points:743,165 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 3, 2006 1:14:20 AM Ignore GreenLuminaAPV Report Abuse NO
john382 Champion Author Illinois Posts:12,494 Points:2,474,760 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Aug 3, 2006 1:10:02 AM Ignore john382 Report Abuse No
pkhdonovan Champion Author Maine Posts:11,991 Points:2,701,905 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2006 4:30:05 PM Ignore pkhdonovan Report Abuse no
maddog57 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:137,601 Points:2,664,825 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2006 4:27:45 PM Ignore maddog57 Report Abuse Not unless we open up a lot more drilling offshore and cut back our use.
wizkids Champion Author Detroit Posts:15,272 Points:2,574,910 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2006 3:46:42 PM Ignore wizkids Report Abuse If Brazil, can do it so can we...
bicycler Champion Author Ontario Posts:14,815 Points:2,598,445 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2006 8:41:52 AM Ignore bicycler Report Abuse Not for years
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2006 8:19:47 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse no
truckdude Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,265 Points:1,333,820 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2006 12:27:48 PM Ignore truckdude Report Abuse No