Reply #79: Alas I am not talking of the military

[nadinbrzezinski]

but our civilization. Quite a bit more far afield than JUST the military.

If we were talking of a limited area that woudl be a different story. But I am talking of not even the US... but a GLOBAL civilization. The US is a major user of this black stuff, but China and India are catching up to our use and FAST. We are talking of an energy source that is at the base of a pyramid for OUR CIVILIZATION, and once again... not talking of the US, but a world culture.

See how much wider afield I am going here?

And when looked from that POV green revolution makes the US Military use not look as horrific... (which it is)

By the way this is what the OP is about, not the military. How you, me, your neighbors, our industries, yes the military, are dependent on this. We have built 21st century civilization on this. And you can multiply this by 6+ billion people by the way. We all use oil, we all do, not just uncle Sam...