China does not see itself as a Super Power

[david_dawei]

In China if you are born a farmer, that's pretty much it for you.

And that may be why they get a bone tossed to them to have more kids... China isn't going to give up it's attempts to feed it's own country as much as possible... And my feeling is that their push towards alternate and renewable energy is another sign they really don't want to go outside their borders too much if they can help it.

[georgeandli]

Or just maybe they are smart enough to look at the rest of the world and see what happens when other countries are hosed by buying outsourced commodities?

[Guest Mike and Lily]

Or just maybe they are smart enough to look at the rest of the world and see what happens when other countries are hosed by buying outsourced commodities?

 

China knows that because they (along with most others) are getting hosed by needing to buy foreign oil.

[georgeandli]

Of course they are. My point is they are DOING something about it. There is no reason the U.S. should not be self sufficient except the lack of leadership at the top to attain it. Maybe the money being thrown around to keep the status quo by the folks making it hand over fist?

[Guest Mike and Lily]

Of course they are. My point is they are DOING something about it. There is no reason the U.S. should not be self sufficient except the lack of leadership at the top to attain it. Maybe the money being thrown around to keep the status quo by the folks making it hand over fist?

 

Don't get me started about the Bush energy policy. Or most of Bush's policies for that matter. Let's just say that OPEC will likely have us by the balls for many years to come. It will take us many years to decrease our oil dependence unless much higher prices force us to do it first.

[georgeandli]

I don't blame the current ex oil guys any more or less than I blame the past short sighted ones The handwriting was on the wall from the 70's. OPEC forming should have been the wakeup call.