“it would take us no more than ten years”
We would have been in fine shape if that was the attitude carter would have taken the first time this happened. Now, obama(who would be king) is starting the mantra of “it will take us at least ten years” and giving that as the excuse that we should not be drilling now and drilling here.
With a long term plan there would be immediate benefits. As time passed, we would bring online more alternate sources and develop more technology. The bottom line is so alien to democrat party leadership thinking as to be incomprehensible ... the bottom line being, the US could decide to be self-reliant, not dependant upon goons and commies for our energy requirements; democrats want this nation dependent and the citizens dependent upon the government and thus democrap rule.