I’ve had this concept for a long time. It involves using up other nation’s resources and keeping ours for strategic reasons.
Resources like raw materials are something I think fit nicely into solid trade relations. As long as prices remain low, it seems to me it’s wiser to use oil that will be denied to China.
Do I want more oil jobs here? Yes..., but I understand why in the short term it may not happen.
I paid $2.25 a gallon towards the end of November. It’s the lowest price I’ve paid in many years.
These prices lower the cost of many of the goods we purchase.
I’m not knocking it.
I’m sure some in the oil industry are. I suspect it’s some of the same folks who get rally upset at the talk of tariffs, because that would drive costs to consumers higher.
Interesting times we live in.
I was on the Delmarva Peninsula Tuesday and paid $2.06 a gallon at the cheapest station I could find in Virginia. I to believe in conserving our strategic resources for our children and my grandchildren’s future. Here are two links showing the rapid growth in jobs in renewable and green energy jobs. It is surprising how fast other countries are growing in this sector.
http://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-2015