claim: "the truth is any oil that would be drilled could be sent to any other country in the world, reducing our use of foreign oil not by one single drop."
author: bill nelson
evidence_1: jan 15, 2016 ... president bush, widely viewed as a texas oil man, presided over eight ... "seven  years ago, we made the single biggest investment in clean energy in our history.  ... and cut carbon pollution more than any other country on earth." ... thus,  president obama's legacy will certainly be that he presided over a ...
evidence_2: the united states' dependence on oil has long influenced its foreign policy. ... the  most motorized country in the world, with one motor vehicle for roughly every five  people. ... and refined-motor fuel becomes the country's predominant use of oil.  .... the u.s. government does not retaliate, in part due to fears mexico will align ...
evidence_3: sep 11, 2008 ... drilling will not reduce fuel prices, and will not make us more energy  independent. the only way to achieve these goals is to reduce our dependence  on oil – foreign or ... if drilling for oil in anwr could possibly do us some good,  then ... but, says edf geographer peter black, it's in fact a vital part of the ...
evidence_4: jan 13, 2010 ... the united states imported 4 million barrels of oil a day—or 1.5 billion barrels  per ... reform to reduce oil demand, while taking steps to curb global warming. ...  our reliance on oil from these countries could have serious ... our oil  dependence will also be increasingly harder and more dangerous to satisfy.
evidence_5: oct 1, 1988 ... john d. rockefeller changed the oil industry forever with his ... or as he put it to  another partner: “hope we can continue to hold out .... both men searched for  uses for the byproducts: they used the gasoline for fuel, some of ... since no other  refiner was as efficient as rockefeller, no one else ... cutting costs.