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Curtis Sliwa

Tonight, I made my fifth guest appearance on The Curtis Sliwa Show.

During a 15-minute segment that began at 10:30 p.m. Central, I found myself on the opposite side of the issue from host Curtis Sliwa when it came to the predictions made by an oil company executive and chronicled in my post, Worst-Case Scenario: Chevron Exec Warns of Gas Lines, Price Hikes, Civil Unrest and Fuel Shortages.

That oil company executive — Gary Luquette, president of Chevron North America Exploration and Petroleum Company — told me the following during a blogger conference call hosted by American Petroleum Institute officials at 10 a.m. Central today:

“Worst-case scenario is, if you’re highly dependent upon foreign sources of oil, you’ll be more exposed to price hikes…civil unrest…and disruptions,” he continued, “potentially going back to situations where you might not have enough product to meet demand and going back to some of the lines we saw back during the days of the Arab oil embargo.”

While Sliwa expressed concern that Luquette might be trying to instill fear in the marketplace to drive up prices, I highlighted the fact that continued dependence upon foreign sources of oil — in part, the result of limiting exploration for oil and natural gas in offshore locations — keeps our country in peril.

A nationally-syndicated radio talk show hosted by Guardian Angels founder Sliwa, the program airs weeknights on ABC Radio Network flagship station 77 WABC in New York City and is carried on stations in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, among others.

To listen to the full podcast of my appearance tonight, check back on Monday or Tuesday, and I will update this post with the podcast of the program.  [UPDATE 3/01/09: Here's the podcast of my Feb. 27 appearance.]

To read about my other appearances on The Curtis Sliwa Show, click here.