In Oil We Trust
"We can either drive around crying over the price of gasoline or we can walk around crying over the solution." - Chris Crowder
While pumping twenty-five dollars worth of gasoline into a plastic can to feed my lawn mower I realized something.
Americans are truly Oil-o-haulics. If the incoming flow of oil stopped, the Empire would collapse. America would
degrade to a land of barbaric savages as the economy slammed into the rock bottom. Widespread panic, mayhem, and mass
confusion would headline the final news broadcasts. It would be the worst case of self-destruction ever witnessed by
humans. The folks who realized this and had planned ahead will run for the hills and party like it's eighteen ninety
nine. The shortwave radio bands would be rejuvenated by these once-considered paranoid people screaming,
"We told you so, you stupid bastards!" into the mics of their solar-powered transmitters.
Starving people would fight to their bloody deaths over the last can of potted meat at the grocery
store. Savvy enterprising individuals would loot stores and houses for high dollar electronic gadgets then
wonder why their merchandise didn't work when plugged ito a wall outlet. It's true. The threat is real.
Even if the price of oil suddenly dropped to a penny a barrel. It makes no difference! The threat will still be
there. America's addiction to oil isn't just sad, it's despicable! You all know exactly who is to blame for this wretched
prediciment...Don't you? You got it! Each and every one of us, that's who! As long as we allow ourselves to be dependent
on the oil pushing cartel they will gladly pump it from the ground and sell it to us until the last drop is gone.
The question now is, how do we avoid impending doom? Sadly, the addiction runs to an immeasurable depth.
Perhaps it's too late.
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