[Red Badger]

There may come a time when foreign imports of petroleum are scarce due to war, political upheaval or other disasters, and frackers will have been driven from their fields thru insane laws or fear of earthquakes, so when that happens we need a ‘Plan B’, and this just might be it..........................

[thackney]

There may come a time when foreign imports of petroleum are scarce due to war, political upheaval or other disasters

Which is why we have the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

we need a 'Plan B', and this just might be it

Mandate? Subsidy? or both?