But the new story about oil is the government doesn't have to force us to do painful things to get off oil -- not just incrementally, but completely -- quite the contrary. The United States, for example, can completely eliminate its use of oil and rejuvenate the economy at the same time, led by business for profit, because it's so much cheaper to save and substitute for the oil than to keep on buying it.
Dar noua perspectivã asupra petrolului spune cã guvernul nu trebuie sã ne oblige sã facem nimic dureros pentru a scãpa de dependenţă -- şi nu doar parţial, în totalitate -- ci chiar opusul. Spre exemplu, Statele Unite, pot elimina complet necesarul de petrol totodatã revigorându-şi economia, conduşi fiind de profit, pentru cã este mult mai ieftin sã economiseşti şi sã înlocuieşti petrolul decât sã continui sã îl cumperi.