Central Planning is un-American.
I do agree that energy independence is a matter of national security.
Think about all the blood and treasure we’ve squandered in the Middle East, and why. Because of our dependence on oil from that region, and all of the foreign influence on our politicians...Saudi money buys a lot in this country.
Picken’s is talking about selling the oil from the now out dated strategic oil reserve and use the profits from the sale to help trucks and buses via tax credits shift over to natural gas. That would take about 3 million barrel’s @ day out of US consumption of oil.
Considering that net oil imports are down to 5 million barrels@ day—if you cut out 3 million barrels @ day of demand via switching over trucks and buses from diesal to natural gas -—then complete energy independence is achievable rapidly because the USA has been adding 1 million barrels’ @ day annually for the last several years.,,,and will continue to do so at least through the end of 2015.