Until such time as partisanism is removed from the process there will be no progress.
Partisan accomplishment is akin to the win-lose scenario and most educated in the reality of accomplish understand there is no negotiation without compromise.
At the expense of the American people and the security of this country we continue to allow our so called lawmakers to do nothing. Until that CHANGES 30 years from now when the next generations are saying what we say....why didn't they do something 30 years ago when they knew there was a problem??????
In the 70's and 80's eaxh sitting President created policy to create energy independence. Some even stated it should be accomplished during their next decade. So what happened? Nothing!!!!!
Why???? Because the smarter clans on the planet that control oil lowered the price per barrel
(by the way back then that meant going from $40 per barrel back down to the high teens) hence no problem. And OPEC smiled once again.

If you really want to raise your eye brows do some home work. Go back to the energy crisis of the 70's and the status under each sitting President from then until now. The words then were the exact same as today. There was no 24/7 media to do our thinking then or create the split in America. When programs identified to become oil independent we managed to go from 25% imported in the 70's to 42% in the 90's to 70% during 2007.
After you research this subject and how it was addressed you need to study....really STUDY and ask how not only did we not accomplish what was directed by our past Presidents and lawmakers to become oil independent....we managed to almost triple our DEPENDENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND ONCE AGAIN OPEC SMILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can only come up with one word (because the others I woulod use would be deleted by some body).....APATHY!!!!!

With our $700 Billion per year going to the mid east for oil they are building new cities and providing for their people with US for oil dollars

AND OPEC CONTINUES TO SMILE.....in the past they apeased us by lowering the price of oil.....now it doesn't matter any more.

NO MATTER THE PRICE OF OIL OR IT'S IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE AND STATUS OF OUR COUNTRY.......WE STILL DO NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Change? Forget it. How about the novel concept of accountability.

As I have said before the problem is very simple to solve. We are no longer capable.

If I am wrong....on the subject of oil independence accomplishments VS of objectives of the past.....on the subject of NOTHING coming forth from our current 545.....then prove it....some how!

BTK

BTK