USA Predicted To Be World's Largest Oil Producer By 2020

[Rhoadhoused]

Enegry independence seems to be on the horizon. I think we need to continue to look for viable renewable energry sources to continue to reduce our enviornmental footprint on the Earth. With the increasing population things could get hairy in the future.

Nuclear Nuclear Nuclear

[CycloneJoe]

I am sure Obama in a second term will either kill oil production or make it explode he has nothing to lose.

[Bader]

Nuclear Nuclear Nuclear

Not until US cities get over their NIMBY problem

[redrocker]

Can you say South End Zone! Hells Yeah!

And it's going to pay off big time for the next few decades.

[Rhoadhoused]

Not until US cities get over their NIMBY problem

We need to educate people on nuclear energy then, and help them realize that nuclear plants are so much better and safer than they were 60 or so years ago when the ones they remember melting down were made.

Nuclear just makes sense. China is going nuts with nuclear right now and pretty soon they will be by far the world leader in nuclear energy. And we even have the advantage that we can just stick them in the midwest or somewhere where earthquakes never happen and everything will be fine. Hell, it took an earthquake and a tsunami to cause problems, just think how safe a plant would be in Iowa....

[besserheimerphat]

Enegry independence seems to be on the horizon. I think we need to continue to look for viable renewable energry sources to continue to reduce our enviornmental footprint on the Earth. With the increasing population things could get hairy in the future.

Not necessarily... From the NYT:

Mr. Levi said that the agency’s report was generally “good news” for the United States because it highlighted the nation’s new sources of energy. But he cautioned that being self-sufficient did not mean that the country would be insulated from seesawing energy prices, since those oil prices are set by global markets. “You may be somewhat less vulnerable to price shocks and the U.S. may be slightly more protected, but it doesn’t give you the energy independence some people claim,” he said.
Also, he noted, the agency’s projection of United States self-sufficiency assumed that the country would improve gas mileage in cars and energy efficiency in homes and appliances. “It’s supply and demand together that adds up to this striking conclusion,” Mr. Levi said.
Dr. Birol said the agency’s prediction of increasing American self-sufficiency was 55 percent a reflection of more oil production and 45 percent a reflection of improving energy efficiency in the United States, primarily from the Obama administration’s new fuel economy standards for cars. He added that even stronger policies to promote energy efficiency were needed in the United States and many other countries.

Report Sees U.S. as Top Oil Producer, Overtaking Saudi Arabia, in 5 Years - NYTimes.com

[Boxerdaddy]

Nuclear Nuclear Nuclear

These are the reactors of the future. Thorium Reactor