Not any more. The postwar freeway/auto system was based on the assumption of cheap oil. That assumption is not only no longer valid, it causes us to spend money defending foreign oilfields in the neighborhood of the islamofascists.
Number one oil source for the United States is Canada. Venezuala is another biggie. Opening up ANWAR will make us less reliant on imported oil. There is plenty of oil. It's refinerys that are a big part of cost.