IMO we should declare total war on the Middle East. A trade war. (If the tree huggers would cover their ears for a moment. Thank you).
When I was a boy, Most of what is wrapped in plastic now, was wrapped in wood (paper). Waxed paper made a fine barrier to bacteria. It wrapped everything from candy bars, to raw meat. TV sets use to have wooden cabinets. So even your beloved computer could be in wood. If we could pry the tree huggers off them things, What we could make out of them, is only limited by our imaginations. It is a renewable resource, thats not news. We could put a huge dent in Mohammed bank account doing this alone. We also EXport large amounts of oil. Stop that. And screw the One eyed blubeard wooddonut. Jump his land and find new sources of oil, to tide us over. While doing that, take our minds out of neutral, and figure out a way to get around, without burning the stuff. We have nuclear power, (I told you guys to cover your ears:))a near endless source of energy. We could run damned near everything off of them, including cars. We dont really need something that will go 100 MPH. We would be safer moving at half that speed anyway. We produce more then enough oil, for our defense needs. If you think Mohammed is just going to sell to other countries, think about this. We have proven to be very clever about developing new technologies. The new technologies that would come out of this approach, would be quickly adopted by western countries. And eventually the others.
With an oil glut, these guys are back to selling pasticcio nuts for a living.
