Timeline of America's Dependence on Foreign Oil

* In 1974 with 36.1% of oil from foreign sources, President Richard Nixon said, “At the end of this decade, in the year 1980, the United States will not be dependent on any other country for the energy we need.”

* In 1975 with 36.1% of oil from foreign sources, President Gerald Ford said, “We must reduce oil imports by one million barrels per day by the end of this year and by two million barrels per day by the end of 1977.”

* In 1979 with 40.5% of oil from foreign sources, President Jimmy Carter said, “Beginning this moment, this nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977 – never.”

* In 1981 with 43.6% of oil from foreign sources, President Ronald Reagan said, “While conservation is worthy in itself, the best answer is to try to make us independent of outside sources to the greatest extent possible for our energy.”

* In 1992 with 47.2% of oil from foreign sources, President George Bush said, “When our administration developed our national energy strategy, three principles guided our policy: reducing our dependence on foreign oil…”

* In 1995 with 49.8% of oil from foreign sources, President Bill Clinton said, “The nation’s growing reliance on imports of oil…threatens the nation’s security… will continue efforts to…enhance domestic energy production.”

* In 2006 with 65.5% of oil from foreign sources, President George W. Bush said, “Breakthroughs…will help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025.”

* In 2009 with 66.2% of oil from foreign sources, President Barack Obama said, “It will be the policy of my administration to reverse our dependence on foreign oil while building a new energy economy that will create millions of jobs.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/The-Daily-Reckoning/2010/0430/A-history-of-false-starts-for-US-energy-independence

Its time to reduce overall consumption without increasing consumption of an alternative dirty fuel like coal.

I've sent this to several of my friends.

Thanks for posting...

Thanks for posting.

(We don't seem to be getting anywhere, do we?)

And two cars in the family. You can't square the circle. The American lifestyle is not sustainable in any realistic sense.

The Gulf of Mexico!

:sarcasm:

And what I pose to the drill baby drill crowd is this, "What will compel the energy co's to actually keep the oil in the US rather than selling it on the open market to the highest bidders like China and India? Answer: Nothing."
We'll open up the shelf for drilling, endure "acceptable risk" (:puke:) all the while BP et al sell the oil overseas.

Here's a thought:

Maybe we shouldn't drive so much.

Oh wait,

Everyone lives 40 miles from the nearest store or place of employment.

It's not safe.

It's too hot.

It's too cold.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

Oh wait. someone saw it coming in 1956.

with a big "HELLOOOO! What part of 'not working' do you not understand??"