way of the present as well.

Given that any change of significance would be at least 10 years....the present need will be dwarfed, AGAIN, 10 years hence. Why the word AGAIN? In the 70's when the politicians were doing the then "current" arm waving, they decreed we must be on a path to energy independence so "this" cannot happen again. We went from importing 40-45% percent from the middle east to the current 70++%.

Now we don't want to upset the muslim oil rich countries by embarking upon a path to make their need obsolete.

When all gets said and done....this issue has more potential to make the USA a third world country than ANY other we face. And at the will of a nut job in the middle east or our friends () at OPEC we could be shut off tomorrow. And we here in TV are not exempt. When it happens it will be very ugly....every where.

I am always amazed at how little dialogue there is on this subject, here, other forums, the media, the WH ()....anywhere for that matter. I guess nobody wants to talk about the Russian roulette we are playing with a bullet in every other chamber!!! It is ONLY a matter of time.

btk