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LudwigPastorius

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32. Our dependency isn't liable to let up any time soon.

Reply to inwiththenew (Reply #15)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:05 PM

Jun 2022

At least, not unless the DOD can come up with electric tanks and solar fighter jets.

Oil is indispensable for projecting U.S. military power across the globe. It's the lifeblood of the American Empire.

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