Does anything we do make any difference, and is there enough oil in the Middle East to justify all the killing and destruction?

For some time, I have been expecting Bush/Cheney to come out of the "Peak Oil Closet" and admit that they want the US keep a large US ground force in the Middle East, in order to "protect" Middle East oil fields from takeovers by Iran and/or the terrorists. As they tiptoe out of the Peak Oil Closet, I actually expect Bush's domestic approval ratings to slightly increase.

If the US is disliked now, just wait until the US starts using the implied threat of military force to ensure that crude oil keeps flowing to the US (which has twice the per capita energy consumption as the EU).

In regard to the supply question, the big problem is the Export Land Model, where the combination of declining production and rapidly increasing domestic consumption in exporting countries, will cause a crash in exported liquids.

So, I recommend the following:

ELP Plan (April, 2007)
http://graphoilogy.blogspot.com/2007/04/elp-plan-economize-localize-prod...

Electrification of Transportation
http://www.energybulletin.net/14492.html

Streetcars 100 Years Ago
(if we did it in 1908, why can't we do it in 2008?)
http://www.familyoldphotos.com/tx/2c/chadbourne_street_trolley_san_an.htm