von kressenstein
Banned
well i would see the USA providing for massive instability in the middle east.
however on the home front, the houseing market would collapse as new home buyers would not be buying in the burbs.. but closer to work.
I could also see this forcing the auto makers into making VASTLY more energy efficient vehicles.. the government would support expansion fo the Nuclear Plants, as well as massive drilling to begin again int eh United States, its not that we dont have oil folks.. we just dont tap it.. other ideas would get serious cash infusions such as wind, solar and hydro electric.
If they pissed us off enough .. and we decided enough is enough and noone would do this to us again, then the middle east just killed itself as we shift to a different energy source.
other nations would pick up the slack to some extent though since they would want our cash. (Norway, Canada and even USSR may be willing to sell oil to us, as long as we played ball with them to some extent.. )
I could actually see OIL in the US becoming nationalized in such an emergency.
just depends on how we react to the problem.. i would love to go with the optimistic ideas.. but unfortunately think it would be negative..
however on the home front, the houseing market would collapse as new home buyers would not be buying in the burbs.. but closer to work.
I could also see this forcing the auto makers into making VASTLY more energy efficient vehicles.. the government would support expansion fo the Nuclear Plants, as well as massive drilling to begin again int eh United States, its not that we dont have oil folks.. we just dont tap it.. other ideas would get serious cash infusions such as wind, solar and hydro electric.
If they pissed us off enough .. and we decided enough is enough and noone would do this to us again, then the middle east just killed itself as we shift to a different energy source.
other nations would pick up the slack to some extent though since they would want our cash. (Norway, Canada and even USSR may be willing to sell oil to us, as long as we played ball with them to some extent.. )
I could actually see OIL in the US becoming nationalized in such an emergency.
just depends on how we react to the problem.. i would love to go with the optimistic ideas.. but unfortunately think it would be negative..