America imported 4 million barrels of oil a day—or 1.5 billion barrels per year—from “dangerous or unstable” countries in 2008 at a cost of about $150 billion. CAP’s Rebecca Lefton and Daniel J. Weiss examine the implications of our growing energy insecurity in this repost.
A recent report on the November 2009 U.S. trade deficit found that rising oil imports widened our deficit, increasing the gap between our imports and exports. This is but one example that our economic recovery and long-term growth is inexorably linked to our reliance on foreign oil. The United States is spending approximately $1 billion a day overseas on oil instead of investing the funds at home, where our economy sorely needs it. Burning oil that exacerbates global warming also poses serious threats to our national security and the world’s security. For these reasons we need to kick the oil addiction by investing in clean-energy reform to reduce oil demand, while taking steps to curb global warming.
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Now, given that climate change mitigation POLICY is IDENTICAL to energy independence POLICY -- and that is given, we will not debate it -- I ask all you treasonous climate science deniars
WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA AND WANT OSAMA BIN LADEN TO WIN?
You ARE giving al Qaida aid and comfort every time you lie about climate science or in any other way advocate not to stop burning oil.
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