the simple fact(s) of the matter the need and urgency is well known by anybody with a pulse. The ongoing negative effects of our current dependency is a state of the nation level risk. The fixes are known to be long term. The resource availability is known, again to anybody with a pulse.

The oil magnates and investors and politicians want it to stay as-is.....business as usual.

And we the people are content as usual as long as we can get gas for $3 a gallon (remember when we used to say for $1 per gallon?).

The politicians are doing/risking nothing and we are allowing it.....just that simple.

btk