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[quote user="oltmannd"] [quote user="Bucyrus"] [quote user="oltmannd"] [quote user="Bucyrus"] So what is the advantage of being energy independent? <div style="clear:both;">[/quote]</div> Don't need to maintain a strategic petroleum reserve.   Don't need to have as big navy to protect as many shipping lanes for crude.   Don't need to pay as much attention to oil producing regions outside the western hemisphere.[/quote] Why would we not still need a strategic petroleum reserve if were were energy independent? <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] It goes back to the reason we put it there in the first place. It was put in place to tide us over if imported oil were cut off.  Think Straits of Hormuz....  If we produce enough internally or get it from a more secure partner (i.e. Canada) then we don't need the stockpile. Q.E.D.[/quote] I can see the logic that the strategic reserve would make up for a sudden foreign supply cutoff.  But I thought another reason for the extra reserve was to supply a sudden demand spike caused by the need to fight a war.  Wouldn't we still need the strategic reserve for that reason?
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