Tim Knowles
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

I see your point, “Employment needs a fuel supply”

You said using and I assumed in error that meant for energy production but you clarified “using 19mbd of oil means just — -the oil is consumed, one way or another to drive the commercial infrastructure of the USA as it is with all other industrial nations. Exported or used domestically is irrelevant. Putting it in cars or making plastic bottles is also irrelevant.” I think irrelevant is a bit of a stretch. Certain jobs, exports, are not critical and are replaceable. We would have to redirect some resources. No oil imports and no oil products exports is like our steel and textile industries going away. Traumatic but we have adapted. Coal jobs are going away. They say in 10 years truck drivers will go away.

The U.S. could be energy independent but lose a lot of jobs if oil becomes too expensive. We would have to find substitutes for more than just gasoline, fuel oil, etc. The feedstock substitutes would need to come from Bio Culture which is not nearly as advanced as Solar and Wind power. We have candles made from soy wax and aviation fuel made for algae.

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