Quote Originally Posted by joebehar View Post
You mean as opposed to oil that comes from an oppressive dictatorship that does not have a clue as to what a basic human right is and has absolutely zero environmental standards?
Did I ever say that the international oil companies don't have high costs that they externalize? How about the security provided by the US international policies, backed by the US military, fully paid by the US taxpayers?

The only difference is the likelihood of these cost externalizations changing.


It's like asking for the low cost manufacturing to come back to the western world. If you allow for slavery, workers abuse, destruction of the environment all these jobs can be back from the 3rd world countries. The chances of this happening are pretty slim, but on the other hand the chances of people in the west continuing to support with their wallets the exact same things in far away lands are pretty high.