"If we want to avoid complete economic defeat, we need to destroy the oil cartel. This cannot be done through conservation, because putting aside the difficulty of getting the whole world to agree on conservation so long as they are the only game in town, the cartel can always counter any conservation program by cutting production to match. The only way to beat them is to break their vertical monopoly by creating fuel choice on a global scale."
Read more: 'We Can Solve the Financial Crisis by Destroying OPEC' by Robert Zubrin Pajamas Media, November 11, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/6fbnn5 "The number one reason behind the housing market collapse is due to the Clinton administration forcing lending institutions to provide mortgages to minorities possessing poor credit histories." - David Thomson