One other thing which needs to be part of any reasonable American energy policy... tell the cretins living in Californicatia and Flori-duh that the oil offshore of those places belongs to America and not just to them, and that if they continue to throw up roadblocks to drilling that oil, they will be last in line, i.e. the basic policy will be that every other state gets oil and then, if there’s any left over, California and Florida might get some...
I disagree, but hear me out.
Right now we have a pressure towards oil independence, but we have those reserves essentially hidden away.
If we use them up before we get alternatives (my preferred is nuclear power), then we could be brought to our knees and have no options.
Even some “environmentalists” are admitting nuclear power could be a good option.