Originally Posted by
satchip
All that stuff is cool and should be explored, but to eliminate our dependance on foreign oil is so much simpler. Just drill baby, drill. We are already the worlds #1 producer of Natural Gas and could be the #1 producer of petroleum. We have more proven reserves than the ME, we just aren't allowed to go get it or transport it to refineries.
Drill baby drill? We are #1 of oil producing countries. Oil has been our primary source of energy for the last 100 years. Just like every thing else new technology will leave oil in our history books.
U.S. Seen as Biggest Oil Producer After Overtaking Saudi Arabia - Bloomberg