Monday, April 25, 2011

President Donald Trump Would Keep Gas Prices Low by Stealing Iraq's Oil

So, Donald Trump's plan is for the US to "reimburse" itself for going to war in Iraq by taking Iraq's oil. Reimbursed for what, exactly? It's not like Iraq owes the US anything. They didn't ask the US to come over and bomb their houses and schools. That's kind of like painting your neighbour's house when they didn't ask you to, and then telling them they owe you $500 for the paint.

Secondly, this will not bring down the prices of gas. I believe that the prices of gas will never go back down. According to Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency, peak oil could hit as early as 2014. Taking another country's oil isn't going to stop peak oil.
What we really should be doing is beginning to use some of the alternatives to oil that scientists have come up with, instead of pretending that the oil we have left will last longer than it actually will.

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