The US imports about 56% of its oil. But if we pull together, if we open up drilling on all of our public lands, on all of our coasts, if we tax imported oil to raise domestic oil prices and spur domestic production, if we carpool, use public transportation and, yes, conserve and sacrifice, we can decrease oil imports to about, say, 50%, before it starts to rise again. So, what do you say, America?
No, you won't hear any US president say that and, by extension, any leader of an oil importing nation say anything like it. It's just too honest. They would rather say something like, "... help lessen dependence on foreign oil," a pathetically weak, possibly meaningless, statement.
World Oil Magazine, October 2003 issue
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