Comments on: Maybe oil independence isn’t a big deal? http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/04/24/maybe-oil-independence-isnt-a-big-deal/ Enjoy worrying in the new year Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:23:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/04/24/maybe-oil-independence-isnt-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Ian Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:09:26 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=155#comment-414 We are both wrong... Its Canada: http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html We are both wrong… Its Canada:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

]]> By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/04/24/maybe-oil-independence-isnt-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Ian Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:07:50 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=155#comment-413 I thought it was Venezuela, but I could be wrong. I thought it was Venezuela, but I could be wrong.

]]> By: Cameron http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/04/24/maybe-oil-independence-isnt-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Cameron Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:12:19 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=155#comment-411 I thought we got more oil from Mexico than anywhere else. I thought we got more oil from Mexico than anywhere else.

]]> By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/04/24/maybe-oil-independence-isnt-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Ian Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:05 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=155#comment-401 As oil prices continue to rise, the cost benefit of oil over alternative energy will drop. We will, albeit slowly, see a gradual inclusion of alternative energy into our energy supply. Its pretty crappy that the government offers much larger subsidies to oil companies than to alternative energy, but even with a stacked deck it is pretty much inevitable that alternative energy use is going to rise. The silicon shortage will be ending here in the next couple years and solar panels are going to become economical. Hybrid cars are going to be taking more and more of auto market share. As oil prices continue to rise, the cost benefit of oil over alternative energy will drop. We will, albeit slowly, see a gradual inclusion of alternative energy into our energy supply. Its pretty crappy that the government offers much larger subsidies to oil companies than to alternative energy, but even with a stacked deck it is pretty much inevitable that alternative energy use is going to rise. The silicon shortage will be ending here in the next couple years and solar panels are going to become economical. Hybrid cars are going to be taking more and more of auto market share.

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