of cousre they are,,,as usual the US want to bleed other countries dry before they tap into they're own sources,,of course china's econny will surpass our own in very short time,,and THEY will be getting the world oil,,,and THEN ,,We;ll have no choice but to drill in our own reserves,,since all other supplies will be going to china because THEY'RE economy will be able to absorb it,,there will be no reason to worry about us since we'll no longer be a MAJOR power,,,but THEY will be,,,and all thanks to our great goverment who regulated all our manufacturers to death and force them to China,,who will sit back and watch us go the way of Ethiopia,,Opec and China will take over unless we get some goverment with balls,,,and soon,,so we can keep burrying our heads in the sand,,,oe speak up and demand change,,starting with getting that moron out of the white house,,,,too bad he'll be remembered as the only president to rack up such debt and practicaly bankrupt the US,,,he was an experiment that FAILED miserably,,hopefully the people wont make that mistake again,,he was a lot of firsts... unfortunately none of it is good,,LOL... i sure hope we turn things around,,and get back our superiority,,but it's not looking good,,