[Paulie]

“All that money spent on oil has been going to the Middle East for decades”

For the record, back when McCain was running for President, T. Boone Pickens said over and over that we’re sending (at then current prices) $700B a year to the ME.

He developed what he called the Picken’s Plan, to rid us of foreign oil dependence.

The Republicans, aided in no small way by Sean Hannity, mocked that plan as stupid and unworkable and essentially demonized Pickens as a self-serving tycoon.

Further, they said McCain had his own energy independence plan. We’re still waiting to hear it.

Point being through the years many knowledgeable and competent people have not only tried to warn us of the dangers of sending money to the ME, but they had a plan to accomplish energy independence. But most every politician was bought and paid for by the early 1990’s.

[wideminded]

I recently came across the book that Pickens published when he came out with his "plan". While there is some interesting material in there, I didn't notice anything about fracking.

Thanks to fracking and other developments, the US is actually importing less oil now that at any time since the mid-80's. link