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Originally Posted by kalos72
Oil independence at what cost? The fact we are not spending more money on researching the NEXT new technology is troubling.
I do not want another 50 years on oil...
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Well it depends on what new technology your referring to. In all technology fields America is generally the leader or one of the leaders ranging from aerospace to space exploration, to biochemistry and nanotechnology. In regards to energy the only bigger event than could occur than America's new oil resources would be viable nuclear fusion. In that field American research done at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Sandia among others is only rivalled by European research reactors in England, France and perhaps Russia.