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[tangled]That is a difficult thing to manage, but for a shaky economy cheap energy is generally a good thing. If you really want to create separation from the world market, foreign oil almost demands a Department of Defense surcharge, but I doubt anyone has the stomach for that. Decreased dependence would also makes China's fuel imports nominally cheaper, causing the worlds supplies to be burned in the dirtiest manner possible...[/web]