Saudi Arabia rakes in billions of petro-dollars. The money they make by selling oil they use to finance the very dangerous Wahhabi sect of Islam around the world.
Saudi Arabia pays for the construction of mosques in countries like USA, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, England, etc. They then pay for Wahhabi Imams to preach hatred and religious bigotry at those mosques.
1. What if USA stopped paying for Saudi oil? What would be the pros and cons? Could America withstand the higher prices as a result?
2. What if USA stopped buying Iranian oil at the same time?
Please answer both questions and draw out the logical and possible consequences.
2007-01-19 08:00:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
The answer is to end our dependency on oil altogether.
It sounds idealistic but there's no reason why we can't make it happen. If we invented rockets that can go to the Moon, we should be able to develop alternative energy sources.
If the government weren't in the pockets of the energy companies, we'd have a lot more freedom to do this.
2007-01-19 08:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by Danny 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Saudi Arabia has placed an embargo on their oil trade with the US before in the past. They didn't last a month. However since then they have made several fail safes in their economy which has made them safe from an event like this. So apart from getting even more angry faces from the middle east, nothing much would happen. They wold just find other ways to stay economically stable. The USA already buys oil from Australia, however since Australia has similar reasons for buying and conserving oil this trade agreement wouldn't have the same effects and they would eventually have to decide that this has to stop and go their separate ways. However 60% of the USA's oil actually comes from within the US so it's not like we would suffer that much. And it may actually motivate us to finally do something ourselves rather than buy all of our stuff from other countries. We're not going to convert to Green Energy unless we absolutely have to. The US government goes by the "if it ain't broken don't fix it" principle. There are plenty of people out there who are trying to find a method of cleaner less fuel dependent energy, but unless if it's commercial friendly the Business' that handle that stuff are just going to say, no way.
2016-03-29 05:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think America could live without oil from Middle East countries. But, I think there are a few main reasons we continue to buy oil from countries like Saudi Arabia. The first is simply we need cheap oil. America is slow to produce alternate fuel vehicles and such. This makes us very ouil dependent. Secondly, we want to keep on good terms with the Saudis. They may do things we do not like, but overall they remain one of our only Arab allies in the middle east. Refusing to buy their oil would end that relationship in a hurry. Third, fossil fuels such as oil will not always be available. Sooner or later, the wells in these oil rich countries will stop producing. When this happens, America will still have Alaska to explore and will still have some of the richest oil fields in the world. We buy from others so we can horde our own.
These are just a couple reasons. I am sure there are more though.
2007-01-19 08:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Mojo Risin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We DON'T buy Iranian oil.
As for Saudi oil, well, we could eliminate all Middle East oil from our consumption by allowing our refineries to process heavy oil and importing it from other wonderful places like Russia and Venezuela, and accepting higher levels of air pollution.
S.A. kind of has us over a barrel, not on price but for supply, at least in the short run.
2007-01-19 08:04:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Us citisens wouldn't stand for the higher cost of fuel if we stopped buying Saudi oil. Look how we start whining & pi--ing when gas(petrol) hits $3 a gal. Saudi, Iran who the hell cares, they are all the same.
2007-01-19 08:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, run all those V12s on carrot juice.
2007-01-19 08:10:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sure if you want pay $12 dollars for gallon or more..
2007-01-19 08:44:27 · answer #7 · answered by technicianaz 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Then all they would have is Canadian Oil
2007-01-19 08:04:32 · answer #8 · answered by Jack 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, we should keep sending money to the country who's people took down NYTC's .......
US gov cares little about its people, .........its all about business
2007-01-19 08:03:38 · answer #9 · answered by bush deathgrip 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
US JUST CANT't DO THAT.
2007-01-19 08:29:06 · answer #10 · answered by farhanriaz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋