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Originally Posted by Old Goat
Not Socialist/Communist Grasshopper.... just a Nationalist government that would give us first dibs. Anything left over could go on the free market. We'd probably work some sweet deals with our friends - especially our buddies in Merry Ole England and Denmark and Canada ( wait Canada has tons of oil too; like all of Alberta or something) - who knows.
Even if we played straight Laissez-faire, with all that American fuel flooding the market, prices would go down. And as an added bonus, OPEC would no longer be able to pick a price per barrel in some smoky room.
P.S. Hey Lazy Hippy, perhaps you lime juicers should have held on to Canada too... heh heh
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Er.. we did, kinda.
Nah, Imperialism didn't work 100 years ago, won't work now. Look what has happened to all the empires throughout history, they fall apart and die.
Drilling in Alaska or elsewhere isn't going to solve this problem, the only thing it might do is delay it a bit. So go rape Alaska to keep your gas cheap and fuck things up for your kids or grandkids... great plan.