4plexowner wrote:”We have

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

[quote=4plexowner]”We have enough resources in North America to create our own economy that is not in anyway reliant on the rest of the world at all.”

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“We have enough resources in North America” as long as you ignore the fact that we import more than 60% of the petroleum that we use …[/quote]

If it was necessary, (not saying it would be a good Idea but it is possible) we could get all our fuel needs from tar sands and oil shale and coal to liquid tech.

Also if we would just put a light rail line beside (or down the middle) of every major interstate in the country. We could be independent very quickly.