[thackney]

IMO, our energy future is to become isolationists and develop any and all resources and mandate that they be confined to the US economy, unless a huge tariff is applied to exports.

I don't agree with this concept. In the next decade or so, we will be a net exporter of Natural Gas (in my opinion). Trying to reduce that export only hurts us for jobs and trade balance.

[de.rm]

Just like Dorothy " . . always had the power to go home., we could always have been energy isolationists(we actually have as much or more oil), but just like the wizard used Dorothy to dispose the witch, our money is used to buy weapons dirt monkeys can fight with.

That's always been the sit..

Dispose of that broomstick up our collective a$$hat Mr. & Mrs. Scarecrow and jobs & oil will flow here like mothers milk.

[burroak]

OK, so we export it. Tax the hell out of it. Jobs and the economy are not getting better with this model. Break it. Why be manipulated by foreign interest.

The trade balance is caused by buying foreign oil. Just stop it.