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Originally Posted by em2nought
It's a shame we didn't set off one nuke in Saudi Arabia the very next day, hell I'd have given them warning so they could clear out. We'd never be messed with again. We don't need them anymore, we can frack. We're a stronger nation when we're using our own oil anyway.
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You couldn't frack in 2001, one nuke in Saudi Arabia would have put you back into Amish territory. Even now, with the fracking, the prices are controlled by Saudi Arabia. That nice cheap oil prices we have at the moment? Saudi Arabia trying to make sure that no-one buys Iranian oil.
Of course, the key question is whether fracking will bring self-sustainability in oil and how long such levels can be sustained. I think that fracking alone is not the answer, fracking whilst moving towards a post-oil based infrastructure and society is the key, but that means upsetting a lot of powerful companies so it will take a very long time to do.