US on way to energy independence

Over the past four decades, the dependence of the US on imported oil has become a byword for America’s failings. A superpower, but one that has to deploy its army on behalf of minuscule Kuwait or listen silently to the abuse from Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Which is why most will be derisive when it is said that the US is on the brink of energy independence. US President Barack Obama repeatedly uses the phrase and speaks of slashing US oil imports as a goal “that is reasonable, achievable and necessary.

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