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Old 11-19-2012, 09:54 PM   #49 (permalink)
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I think the U.S. needs to take advantage of becoming an energy exporter again, like we were in the 1940s and 1950s with oil.
These days we are exporting a lot of coal.
We also have some of the best refineries in the world (even tho the newest one was built in the 1970s) so we can export not only oil but much more profitable refined oil products and petrochemicals.
I say conserve so we can sell more.

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Originally Posted by niky View Post
the obsession with CO2 is a dangerous diversion from things that we can actually do to better the situation.
I think most people can agree on that.
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