We could have, and should have, been energy independent
a long time ago, if it weren't for the environmental lobbyists and their complicit politicians in Washington, especially the liberals.
In fact, the oil and shale gas efforts that are producing great results, are in spite of all the attempts by the liberal and lobbyists to stop those efforts. Much of the progress being made towards independence is through private land which is not under the control of the federal government, otherwise, we would be even deeper in the whole when it comes to our dependence on foreign oil.
With Obama getting 4 more years at the White House, and with the senate still under control by the liberals, I have no doubt that there will be major efforts to try to stop that oil and shale gas production.
