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Even if we cut our dependence on oil down, the Chinese and Indians will just pick up the slack from the Saudis.Also, The majority of middle eastern oil is hard to distill into gasoline anyway. The following products are what middle eastern oil is REALLY made into:Plastics and compositesSoap*ASPHALT*Jet Fuel and Diesel (uses a different type of distilling)The majority of the oil used to make gasoline comes from South America, particularly Venezuela. Why do you think there are so many chinese, japanese and indian companies occupying space in Venezuela, Chile, Peru, and Brazil!What, didn't know that?That is because FEW people understand how the commodity market works -- And those that do are incredibly rich.The people profiting the most off of oil are the folks that TRADE IT AS A commodity!And he who controls the commodity, can control the price of the commodity, and thereby control the price of the CALL or PUT options on the commodity.Any oil company (or energy company), that have made substantial profits over the past few years have done so due to TRADING on the commodities market -- not in the commodity it self.But, you will not hear the media talk about that.You don't have to believe me. But, just take out a chart on almost any oil future (or the OIH), and study what "just" happens around that time of the month when oil futures begin to expire...Now, do we need to stop our consumption of middle eastern oil? Yes.Do we need to, in general, stop doing business in countries that violate basic human rights on an everyday basis? Yes.Is our media telling us the true facts about why oil companies are making so much money from the PRICE of the commodity on the market and not the commodity itself? No.The best example of this is Enron. Enron was kept afloat by trading Natural Gas as a commodity. Even though they produced the Gas, they made 1000x more money trading it as a commodity (hell they even shorted their futures holding sometimes)...He who controls the commodity, controls the price.He who controls the price, controls the market.He who controls the market, can print their money AT WILL.

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