Not to mention refineries, which we haven't built here in, what, 30 years??? Something doesn't add up. America has done little if any development of "in house" energy in decades, allowing us to become dependent on furriners; some of whom don't really like us much. Curious. Another suspicion of mine is the greenies are also cover for this foolishness, but again why, and to what end?
Much of Washington DC is owned by the Saudis. The Saudis revenue on oil is about $800 billion a year and they net abount $500 billion. Add in Dubai, Aba Dhabi, Kuwait and a few others. My guess is they NET at least $1 trillion a year.
We have more energy than the Saudis in shale oil, coal diesel not to mention offshore, geothermal, methane from permafrost, a lot of nat gas, the list goes on.
The Saudis own much of Congress and the White Hut. I think they also own most of the green groups and Gore.
How do you control countries - buy politicians. It is fairly cheap. Soros has gotten very wealthy doing it as well.