Oil Prices - Cost of Gas

 FOOD FOR THOUGHT

 I would like this idea to fester... it might evolve into something useful.

We are in an economic war.  A real war, much like the war on terror, that is threatening the national security of our country.

This "Global" economy is killing us.  Why? Because we cannot possibly provide our standard of living to all 7 billion people on this planet at once.

The oil, natural gas, and coal under the ground in our country belongs to us, the U.S. citizen.

I propose thinking about our oil as ours; our coal as ours, our natural gas as ours.  It does not belong to the big, global energy companies.

So, here's my proposal.

Declare "economic war"

This means that we should focus on having our oil refined for us only.  Have our coal mined for us only. Have our natural gas tapped for us only.... FIRST.

Let the oil companies play on the global market and make their money.

But we should take care of ourselves (citizens) first.

Let our government search for oil on our own land and when found, invest in building U.S. owned refineries to supply our country first.  This should allow us to be energy independent and allow us (U.S.) to be free from the swings in oil prices due to speculation, global demand, or global conflicts.  We, as citizens can sell "our" excess oil globally, but only after our needs and economy are satisfied.

I hate the idea of getting the government involved in this but it is the Federal Government's responsibility to assure national security.  The only branch of the government I trust is the military and feel they should be the ones handling this. (Keep "Industry" out of this.)





One quick way to do this is to increase the strategic oil reserve to the point where we can control global oil prices. (i.e. make it too costly for the oil countries to overcharge for their oil.

We must have the ability to stabilize global energy costs.  If Iran threatens the oil supply, so what? We have our own to tap from.