[Milton Miteybad]

But widely unreported during the Obama years is that advances in two technologies most responsible for increased drilling efficiency – industrial fracturing (aka fracking) and horizontal drilling – were creating a revolution in the U.S. energy industry. Production became much more efficient.

That would be hydraulic fracturing, not "industrial fracturing." (What the hell is "industrial fracturing," anyway?

The author of the article seems to believe that being one of the world's largest crude oil producers means that we have achieved energy independence. True...the U.S. is producing around 10 MM BOPD, and that is a significant improvement from the year 2000, when we produced about 5.5 MM BOPD. However, we presently consume roughly 18 MM BOPD, meaning that we are still importing four out of every nine barrels consumed on a daily basis.

All that represents decent progress toward independence from crude oil imports, progress that Obama never thought was possible and could not possibly have engineered in any event, but it's still a long way from zero crude oil imports.

[TigersEye]

What the hell is "industrial fracturing," anyway?

That is what 0bama was doing. His tools were a phone and a pen.

[BobL]

“...progress that Obama never thought was possible”

Of course Obama knew it was possible, he and his people were NOT DUMB.

The goal of Obama and his people was to weaken and tear down the country - admitting the truth on energy production goes DIRECTLY AGAINST everything they stood for. Telling some lies to protect their position is standard in the Democrat playbook.

[BobL]

I think the point is that our net energy production (all types) is more than our consumption. But, of course, that doesn’t help when you’re in a huge gas line because of an oil cut-off...and wishing your car could run on CNG or coal.