[Jim Noble]

There are three things which are required in order to achieve energy independence:

1) Repeal the Environmental Protection Act, and dissolve the EPA.

2) Build 800 nuclear power plants.

3) Seize overseas oil fields and incorporate them as US territories (Mexico and Venezuela would be easiest, SA, not so much).

All the rest of this nonsense is just a load of crap.

[LomanBill]

>>All the rest of this nonsense is just a load of crap.

Crap? Thanks for bringing that up:

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[LurkingSince'98]

“There are three things which are required..”

Your “three things” are dead Jim.

Lurking’

[sionnsar]

3) Seize overseas oil fields and incorporate them as US territories (Mexico and Venezuela would be easiest, SA, not so much).

Go a little beyond the oil fields and you've solved the illegal immigration problem too. Brilliant!

[Force of Truth]

You are correct about what will give us energy dependence, but this is only correct when you live in the world of reality. You see, reality is no longer important in America. You see, in America government is God, so whatever the pinhead progressive elitists call reality that is what Americans accept. If Paris Hilton thinks we should all drive paperweights on wheels that run on human farts then that is what the Reality For America is today. Good luck with that truth and sanity thing you seem to be into, Jim.

[BlazingArizona]

3) Seize overseas oil fields and incorporate them as US territories (Mexico and Venezuela would be easiest, SA, not so much).

If we can accomplish your points (1) and (2), then 3 would be counterproductive. Why take the political hit for seizing something that (1) and (2) makes worthless?