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Submitted by sara (United States), Mar 30, 2012 at 15:39

Of course the world will change and the political influences will shift drastically when oil is replaced, and even when oil just begins to be replaced. Markets will begin shifting as soon as there is any concrete possibility of real movement in that direction. The trouble with your point is that this will not be happening for the foreseeable future and an awful lot can happen before it becomes of consequence.

Electric cars are known to consume more energy than gasoline driven ones (and let's not even discuss ethanol). We all would love it if we decreased dependence upon ME oil but we must address the realities as they stand now, as comforting as it is to anticipate this happening one day, far in the future. By the time the transition finally comes around, we could be in a bad place.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
2NEVER [240 words]Cherif El-AyoutyFeb 22, 2011 03:10182872
1Is Saudi Arabia Opening Up? [33 words]firozJan 15, 2011 05:48181810
2Soon it will not matter [137 words]yuval Brandstetter MDJan 11, 2011 11:23181737
It really does matter [141 words]saraMar 30, 2012 15:39181737
4Optimist [34 words]gfmucciJan 10, 2011 13:56181707
1Just another false hope [122 words]Rebecca MouldsJan 6, 2011 04:43181595
1Saudi hegemony…No, Yes, NO! [136 words]NuritGJan 5, 2011 14:59181571
1Dear Dr. Pipes [68 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Debanjan BanerjeeJan 8, 2011 11:43181571
3Good review [27 words]John in Michigan, USAJan 4, 2011 18:28181549
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3opening up [570 words]Sir Daniel M.J. TobinJan 4, 2011 11:35181536
6One more culprit [437 words]IanusJan 6, 2011 08:06181536
3Royal Oil and the Caliphate [443 words]Arlinda DeAngelisJan 6, 2011 18:53181536
2Turkey? [597 words]Sir Daniel M.J. TobinJan 7, 2011 11:39181536
3Great comment ! [155 words]IanusJan 7, 2011 13:19181536
3Democracy is not for Saudi Arabia - not yet [332 words]Frank LukeJan 4, 2011 10:18181533
1Cut the Snake's head [93 words]AngelJan 4, 2011 10:12181532
5Is Saudi Arabia Opening Up? [46 words]KamathJan 4, 2011 08:42181529
1Doing Nothing can be dangerous [42 words]Frank LukeJan 5, 2011 10:52181529
7Reforms in Saudistan ? King Abdullah's new clothes ! [696 words]IanusJan 5, 2011 16:30181529
1Time is NOT on our side [70 words]Joe Six-PackJan 5, 2011 18:28181529
2Time is not on our side? [253 words]RajeevJan 7, 2011 02:35181529
Powers of Analysis [52 words]Amin RiazFeb 1, 2011 21:24181529
6Islamic hypocrisy [64 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 3, 2011 07:07181529
To convert the lot of you... to Islam [92 words]Amin RiazFeb 3, 2011 20:23181529
1Hypocrisy 101!!! [54 words]JaladhiFeb 4, 2011 14:57181529
6Islamic da3wa and tabligh are against Allah's grand plan and these are not my words [460 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 5, 2011 07:22181529
Your concern is touching ... Dhims [107 words]Amin RiazFeb 5, 2011 21:54181529
7What is my concern? [308 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 8, 2011 06:14181529
Lack of an ability for a discourse [11 words]Amin RiazFeb 8, 2011 22:01181529
5Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and this is what the Qur'an says [35 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 11, 2011 07:18181529
Propaganda [62 words]Amin RiazFeb 11, 2011 23:38181529
4Islam is really the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only [229 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 13, 2011 09:20181529
With brains like that... [91 words]Amin RiazFeb 15, 2011 19:05181529
4Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and this is what the Qur'an says [197 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 17, 2011 06:29181529
Repetitions [117 words]Amin RiazFeb 19, 2011 14:00181529
5Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and this is what the Qur'an says part deux [435 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 21, 2011 18:28181529
quick query to dhimmi no more [28 words]maximillionMar 2, 2011 19:22181529
77Teaching Arabic to one tablighee at a time [256 words]dhimmi no moreMar 4, 2011 06:28181529
14to dhimmi no more ... [121 words]maximillionMar 4, 2011 22:04181529
6Teaching Arabic to one tablighee at a time part deux read and laugh [1086 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2011 07:00181529
7If it is a mistake then i must be in good company! [249 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2011 07:53181529
5I cannot wait for this one either [258 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2011 08:19181529
11our dear Max is asking me to look up the meaning of a perfect Arabic word in an English language dictionary! I call this ignorance [130 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2011 10:20181529
4Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and this is what the Qur'an says and al-wali wa al-mawali [237 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2011 10:30181529
5Arabic grammar [104 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2011 10:55181529
4Teaching Arabic to one tablighee at a time part Nth [183 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2011 14:00181529
4The Qur'an says that Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and you ain't no Hijazi Arab [484 words]dhimmi no moreMar 7, 2011 08:52181529
2Islam is really the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only [592 words]dhimmi no moreMar 10, 2011 06:19181529
1Teaching by the wonderful Dr. Dhimmi.... [512 words]maximillionMar 10, 2011 19:24181529
4Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and this is what the Qur'an says part Nth [1357 words]dhimmi no moreMar 12, 2011 07:37181529
3al-komidya al-islamiyya one more time, Islam is the religion of the Arabs only and transliteration of Arabic by Arabs [1090 words]dhimmi no moreMar 12, 2011 13:53181529
4More Islamic ignorance [184 words]dhimmi no moreMar 12, 2011 14:09181529
2Our daer Max has no clue what is really Allah's rasm or what is really al-i3rab and i call this ignorance [920 words]dhimmi no moreMar 12, 2011 14:48181529
12Dr. Dhimmi all confused? [354 words]maximillionMar 12, 2011 20:45181529
4Our daer Max: we kuffar only tell you what your islamic sources tell us in Arabic something that you cannot do! [2000 words]dhimmi no moreMar 13, 2011 09:51181529
2More evidence from the Qur'an that islam is the religion of the Arabs only [148 words]dhimmi no moreMar 13, 2011 10:06181529
4Aristotle in the Sira read and laugh [282 words]dhimmi no moreMar 13, 2011 14:52181529
17Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and this is what the Qur'an says [86 words]dhimmi no moreMar 15, 2011 11:26181529
1More evidence from the Qur'an that islam is the religion of the Arabs only part deux [205 words]dhimmi no moreMar 19, 2011 07:32181529
2More evidence from the Qur'an that islam is the religion of the Arabs only part trois [170 words]dhimmi no moreMar 19, 2011 07:42181529
11Our dear Max revisited and al-qira'at al-sab3a [924 words]dhimmi no moreMar 27, 2011 15:37181529
Islam Will Have Its Moment to try Conversion - But In the Eternal Realm, it is Only a Moment [1068 words]M. ToveyApr 4, 2011 14:15181529
To you is yours and to me is mine [129 words]Liam DevlinDec 7, 2011 03:54181529
6Another victim of Arabian imperialism and of Islam [918 words]dhimmi no moreDec 8, 2011 07:07181529
Islam [142 words]AhmedMar 30, 2012 11:56181529

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