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Article: Politicians, pundits fuel myths about `energy independence'.(Commentary)(The notion that weaning the U.S. from foreign oil will reduce terrorism and stabilize our energy supply is seriously flawed)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
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- January 20, 2008
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Byline: Robert Bryce For The Washington Post
With oil prices still flirting with $100 a barrel, everyone is talking about the need for "energy independence." Late last year, President Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; Sen. John McCain declared, "We need energy independence"; and Sen. Barack Obama called for "serious leadership to get us started down the path of energy independence."
This may all be good politics. But the idea that the United States, the world's single largest energy consumer, can be independent of the $5 trillion-per-year energy business - the world's single biggest industry - is ludicrous. The push for energy ...