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Cali_Democrat

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15. Is it really a stretch to tie all those things to crude oil? Let's take a look....

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 05:41 PM

Sep 2013

In many cases, clothes are made in factories using machines which use crude oil or even a fuel which is a derivative of crude oil. Clothes are then transported on ships, trucks, trains or planes. All use crude oil.

Houses are constructed by transporting material to the construction site, usually on trucks. Those use crude oil.

Buildings are also constructed by transporting material to the construction site, usually on trucks. Those trucks use crude oil. Buildings also need to be maintained regularly. Those maintenance workers get to the site on cars which use crude oil. Trash trucks that use crude oil take out the trash. etc...

Beds are made in factories which use crude oil. They are then transported and that also requires crude oil. The same thing with toothbrushes and other products.

Food is transported to supermarkets on trucks which use crude oil. Same thing with restaurant food.

I could literally go on and on but I think you get the point.

Bottom line, to avoid crude oil use in modern society you would have to live off the land in the middle of the woods, Ted Kaczynski style.

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OK...I'm glad we didn't strike Syria...but the fact remains... [View all] Ken Burch Sep 2013 OP

I think if only they did have the bomb we would leave them alone. So ironic. dkf Sep 2013 #1

I wonder if the bomb is also able to stop civil war. joshcryer Sep 2013 #2

I doubt it. You can't use a nuke so close to yourself. dkf Sep 2013 #4

I wonder if we'd leave them alone if AQ was about to get the bomb. joshcryer Sep 2013 #6

Doubt it. dkf Sep 2013 #7

If AQ had the bomb and there was a the slightest chance it could get to Washington Fumesucker Sep 2013 #11

so are you going to write congress and white house to oppose pressuring syria JI7 Sep 2013 #3

We just got an agreement with them on that. That issue's done with. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #21

of course "they" invaded Europe and got as far as central France and Vienna :-) nt msongs Sep 2013 #5

I think they mainly did that as they were driving us(Western "Christian" imperialists) back. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #14

Do you drive a car? Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #8

I don't drive a car. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #13

Is it really a stretch to tie all those things to crude oil? Let's take a look.... Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #15

Even if you're right about all of that, that still doesn't mean Ken Burch Sep 2013 #16

Of course I'm right about all that. It's a fact. Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #17

People like me are calling for withdrawal AND changing our lives to make it happen. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #18

If you eat, wear clothes, or use any products transported... Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #19

Being an inadvertent crude oil consumer doesn't make you complicit in U.S. intervention Ken Burch Sep 2013 #20

I don't often agree with you, Ken sibelian Sep 2013 #9

And also, the fact remains area51 Sep 2013 #10

I agree. It's time we turned our attention inward. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #12

We also redrew the map of that area, a couple of times. Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #22

You're right. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #23

All we ever brought them was the misery of the Crusades? seveneyes Sep 2013 #24

"We" as in "the West"...the area of the world our country's rulers insist on "leading" Ken Burch Sep 2013 #25