Yes RedHeartbeat, we in the US are the world's ultimate consumers. It is ingrained in our culture now and will take a generation or more for the current attitudes to change. It may not be possible. Who knows. Hell, 30 years from now people in China may be saying the same things about themselves.

In the mean time, maybe there's a stop gap on the petroleum front. Check out this article just as an example:

Alberta Oil Sands

It's a simple solution for us. We simply invade and take over Canada, then tell OPEC to :flipoff: themselves.

OBVIOUSLY I'M JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE INVADING CANADA PART! But not about telling OPEC to shove it.