(July 7, 2011 at 1:27 am)Epimethean Wrote: The whys of paying places like Brazil to drill for oil when we have access to it here in the States bug the shit out of me.
Well c'mon, you don't want to waste your own energy resources do you? When the shit hits the fan you want to have an energy source of your own, and it makes good business sense to keep hold of your assets for when you really need them. If you can get away with paying other countries to produce oil for you when you have it in your back yard it prolongs the amount of time you can sustain using oil.