Old Guy, I said this before. We can drastically reduce our dependence on foriegn oil with simple, common sense conservation measures. We already have the technology. If a person can afford a to buy large SUV, that same person can certainly afford to by a hybrid SUV. And there are many other ways this can be accomplished right now. We don't need to wait 20 years to be able to drastically reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil. Another thing we could do fairly quickly would be to provide diesel fuel made from non petroleum plant oils for those vehicles that can burn diesel.

The US uses way more petroleum per person than any other country. We do not have a right to expect to be able to just take oil from other countries against their will so that we can continue to waste it irresponsibly. Especially if it means waging war on those countries in order to do that. That way of doing things is about as anti-democracy as it is possible to be.