“With fracking, most nations could be energy independent, if they wanted to be.”
It’s not that simple. Fracking works in the US because of private ownership of minerals. Landowners get royalties, providing incentive to let oil companies drill.
In the EU, central governments own the minerals, removing that incentive. Local communities resist drilling, as there’s nothing in it for them.
Don’t forget about CIA hack Joseph Cofer Black, a top Romney aide, was leading Burisma’s security and strategic development efforts. It was memorialized in the classic Branco cookie jar cartoon.