Reply #42: How does the U.S. force other nations to send us oil and gas? [View All]

[hunter]

Currently we obtain oil and natural gas imports by a toxic mix of dollars, political corruption, and threats.

But we won't be able to bully oil out of other nations forever, especially as the dollar plunges, as our corrupting practices are exposed, and our threats are seen to be empty.

If we try to take oil and gas by force... well it won't work. The technology of modern oil production is much too sensitive to sabotage. The oil coming out of Iraq right now is ludicrously expensive and unsustainable when you factor in the cost of our military action there. That's why we don't do anything in Iran or Venezuela -- the leaders of those nations have recognized our scam, and they know we simply can't afford to take their oil and natural gas if they don't want to sell it to us. They know they don't have to put up with our bullshit.

I suspect the big crunch will come when domestic demands in Mexico and Canada seriously limit their exports of natural gas to the United States. The long range plan of the United States was to import liquid natural gas from other nations but it seems more and more likely we will be unable to afford it.

Peak oil marks the end of the U.S. empire.