You're pretty ignorant, aren't you. I guarantee you that the U.S. buys as much oil from Canada as from Saudi Arabia right now, if not more. Also the oil sands are producing big-time right now. This is not some pie in the sky technology. Syncrude and Suncor are each producing around 200,000 barrels per day, with huge expansions under way. Oil sands as a whole will produce 2,000,000 barrels per day in the next 5-10 years. Lots of U.S. involvment - Conoco, Shell, etc. I am truly amazed the their is so liitle information about this in the U.S. You are right, we do buy a lot from canada, we buy oil from Canada that is economical to produce. All you guys act like there are a bunch of guys sitting around smoking cigars deciding where to buy our oil from. We buy it from where it is most economical.
And a HUGE proportion of US oil comes from VENEZUELA -- which may explain certain recent softness on immigration from Central and South America.
PAST TIME FOR THE US TO BECOME FAR MORE ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT THAN IS CURRENTLY THE CASE -- BEGINNING WITH THAT NATURAL GAS WE HAVE IN ABUNDANT SUPPLY.