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as extreme as Blurs comments are I pretty much agree that's about what it will take.
There is no leverage for us to apply on OPEC. Even if the US stopped using their oil alltogether. All they have to do is reduce their porductivity to compensate for loosing our business.
In my opinion, we need to have other options, like Celulosic Ethanol, that are quickly deployable and can use existing infrastructure. This takes a bite into the oil company revenue and OPEC's influence on gas prices. I believe in the short term the biggest benefit from Cel. Ehtanol is the price drop it may cause in gasoline. Long term gains will be that OPEC has no more influence whatsoever.
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