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An Oil-Driven Paradigm Shift?

The ideology that clouds this discussion is breathtaking to me. Why call conservationists "back to moccasins and bone needles"--FourBrane? Why provide false information about ANWR--"Even if it takes ten years from day one, ANWR is capable of 2.1 million BPD"? Why blame the government for wiping out fish species--"It is when government conservationists get involved that entire species get wiped out."--buyitcheap? Hard to have a reasoned discussion when such nonsense gets retailed. The basic problem for the US is that our entire economy is built on the assumption of cheap oil. Here's the problem, in a nutshell, and if it isn't happening today, it will tomorrow: The guy commuting 30 miles one way in his SUV can't afford to run it. He can't sell the SUV for as much as he owes on it. He can't sell his commuter house for what he owes on the mortgage. Under the new bankruptcy law he can't declare bankruptcy and escape all this debt. How many are in this predicament, and what can be done about it?