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U.S. NEWS: The official warning that world oil would peak came in 1956. The proof that U.S. oil production had peaked came in 1970. Congress was warned in 1974 that not only oil, but other resources were playing out.

Acting quickly on this valuable information, thirty four years later, Congress blames oil company profits for the problem. I don’t make this stuff up…I’m not sure I could!

I watched Congress grill the oil company executives yesterday over their profits, suggesting that they were responsible for all of our ills. The last time I checked, the oil companies were responsible for the U.S. having any oil at all. After all, 75% of the oil that we use isn’t ours and somebody has to go get it.

The U.S. oil companies buy it from foreign nations at today’s $135 per barrel due to the brilliant actions of our quick responding Congress and Dept. of Energy, who for the past 52 years that they have known that time was running out; did nothing. And now it’s the oil companies fault?

Further more, the members of the Congressional committee treated the oil executives like common criminals. Their remarks were harsh, cutting and unprofessional. The total demeanor of the committee displayed unchecked bully pulpit power. It also displayed ignorance of stellar proportion. It was sickening and at the same time terrifying, to consider that these mean spirited ignorant pompous asses represent us.

Okay, I feel better now. Let’s say that you are in the copper mining business and things are a little slow around the mine for 20 years or so and suddenly, copper becomes a hot commodity. The price begins to climb well above production costs and profits are rolling in. Good news huh? Congress doesn’t seem to think so, at least not in an election year when they could blame your success on their failures.

Hillary and Bill Clinton are the tallest hogs at the trough when it comes to placing blame on the oil companies. Hillary has screamed herself hoarse about oil company profits in a clever diversion away from the fact that as a senator, she has done zero to address the energy problem. But more importantly, Hillary and Bill made $109 MILLION over the last 7 years and didn’t provide us with anything useful. Where do these people get off talking about unjust profits?

The U.S. is in a heck of mess folks and my old hound dog trailed the problem right back to our elected officials and then treed us as the root cause for those elected officials still being in office.

Our government intellectual-capital bank is broke beyond recovery. Sending these same people back to represent us truly demonstrates that Einstein knew of what he spoke when he described insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting to eventually get a different result.

I did my best for a long time to believe that things weren’t really as bad as it appeared. I can no longer afford to deceive myself and certainly not you. Oil is going to be our Achilles heel. The cost is going to climb beyond our ability to continue to operate this nation as we have for the past century. Oil is just the first in a long line of non-renewable resources that will soon fail to match consumption

The magnitude of the end of cheap oil should not be taken lightly. Our entire culture will have to drastically change. For many, it will be catastrophic. Take time today and consider ways to personally cut back on oil usage while you still have options.

Or, you could wait for the demonstrated abilities of Congress to figure it out for you…in 50 years or so.