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He's making the mistake that a lot of people make. They hear the term "war for oil", and they automatically think of just the tangible resource. That is not what it is about. It's about controling that resource - both the flow and the economics. It's about who has it, and where it doesn't go is just as important as where it does go.

Like it's already been mentioned, we are not dependent on oil from the middle east for our industry. We have quite enough of it right here. However, without control over the global supply, rich oil companies are at the mercy of others. It's about the economy of oil, not the fact that it can produce electricity and run our cars. Finding an alternative energy source is only half the problem. The real problem is for our politicians and nations to find a different economic commodity. An alternate energy source, even more productive than oil, will never be used unless it offers the same money making capabilities.