issue...have you reviewed the 'Worldometers' report that shows the U.S. with only 5 years of oil and 12 years of natural gas reserves without imports?...Again, it uses the very same source that you insisted must be used...the EIA (Energy Information Administration), a DOE agency...so you can trust it. More to the point, do you feel we are truly "Energy Independent" in the face of such facts?...should we be extracting more of our own limited resources while lessening the use of oil imports?...is that a sound strategy for the future?...
I may be wrong, but somewhere in our conversation you seem to show some appreciation for the need to eventually diminish our reliance on fossil fuels...if so, then the only questions remaining are 'How Much' and 'How Soon'...this is certainly an acceptable debate...are you in the mood for it?