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		_ai96 on Aug 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P You seem to have forgot one point: the trillions spent in the Middle-East are to protect the supply of cheap Oil — so step 0. is: Sell your car, insulate your house.

shiftpgdn on Aug 6, 2011 [–]

We get more oil from the gulf and Canada than we do from the Middle-east. That's not to say energy savings are a lost cause.

_ai96 on Aug 7, 2011 | [–]

You still pay it at international prices, that are set by events in the Golf.

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