Here is what i don’t understand. The Esquire article Skip cites above says the right answer is not ever use that energy. Ummm, okay exactly what oil or gas if any are we supposed to use? None? Saudi? North sea? Alaskan? No wait that comes in a pipe. Pretend we have a replacement in place despite the obvious fact we don’t?

Won’t we need & use the energy regardless of the politics? Or just burn the same oil via trucks or trains? “We” being the global energy consumption. Not just the US, it’s a global commodity anyway.

Seems to me all the politics is short term but energy needs are eternal.