[dyauspitr]

If it’s cheaper, vastly cleaner and viable, we shouldn’t let isolationist cynicism ruin that opportunity. Without oil from the Middle East and Russia, a lot of the world would grind to halt, but most countries cannot rely on their own reserves so the isolationist angle doesn’t even come up.

[xandrius]

Sounds like exactly what the seller of commodity X would say to me considering not buying commodity X fron them anymore when switching to something else.