[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

You are quite correct. You see, the remarkably the cost of extracting and refining that heavy crude and then convert it into energy is actually more than it costs to generate wind power.

In this cirucmstance the market will work.

If we factored the costs to our security into Middle East oil, the prices would be similar.

[palmer]

If we factored the costs to our security into Middle East oil, the prices would be similar.

You are grasping at the usual leftist straws. First you said we should factor the environment into energy prices. Now you say we should factor the cost of fighting terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism?

No, if we truly serious about cheap energy we would have left Saddam in power because greedy dictators want money and will sell oil to get it. Even if they don't like us, they flood the world market and drive down everyone's prices.