Did I just read Cuba and Venezuela as "good" examples? Those two countries rely on countries like China/Russia to keep them in the global game. Not sure they are good examples of anything, aside for possibly Cuba with endurance.
As for the "US needs to use less"...that has already happened posting record drops for the last 60+ years, the end result...price of oil dropping hand over fist as of late even with pipelines stopped in Nigeria.
Bottom line, the US economy is still the staple of the world. That is why hiccups in the US effect the world. How many other countries could say that after only 232 years of existence?
Would government involvement in oil be socialist? Yes. Is government involvement in Freddie/Fannie socialist? Yes. So..why not do oil? Medicare/Medicade/SS are all socialist endeavors. What does socialist behavior get you? Crappy economies, slow growth, low wages, low GDP and even lower innovation. Without a Capitalist market...somewhere...growth and innovation stops. IMO.
As for leaving oil behind as a primary fuel, that will not happen via government. And it shouldn't. That should happen via private innovation and private capitalist effort.
One example of half a dozen:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science...rgy/index.html
US gains
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/mar...spite-economy/
GG said it best baby:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3c...street1144.mp3
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Socialism in accordance with Merriam-Webster:
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
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