Coals To Newcastle...

Or dead dino droppings, for that matter...

"...The fact is that the country is over 70% self-sufficient when we consider total energy (coal, nuclear, hydro, renewables, gas, etc). Although much of that dependence relates to oil, the U.S. does not import nearly as much from the Middle East as some suggest. As energy expert Daniel Yergin recently pointed out in the Wall Street Journal, “[s]ome 81% of oil imports do not come from that region. Thus, only 19% of imports -- and 12% of total petroleum consumption -- originates in the Middle East.” It may surprise many readers that the U.S. imports most of its oil not from Arab Sheiks but from our friends in Canada."

Which is why OPEC, despite dearly wishing to strangle us via low production quotas, understands the most basic rule of remaining in business. If a competitor is selling something cheaper, or makes his product more readily available, HE gets the business. And the sheiks are greedy little buggers, billionaires who want to be multi-billionaires. But all of this would be moot were the democrats anything remotely resembling patriotic Americans. We've plenty of energy resources, but the loons WANT us barefoot-and-pregnant because that's how they amass a contituency. Read all of what Senator Inhofe has to say.