Thoughts on Energy Dependence

Catching up on some NRO The Corner reading and I saw this bit in Human Events from Sen. Inhofe:

The fact of the matter is that the country is over 70% self-sufficient when we consider total energy (coal, nuclear, hydro, renewables, gas, etc). Although much of that dependence relates to oil, the U.S. does not import nearly as much from the Middle East as some suggest. As energy expert Daniel Yergin recently pointed out in the Wall Street Journal, “[s]ome 81% of oil imports do not come from that region. Thus, only 19% of imports — and 12% of total petroleum consumption — originates in the Middle East.” It may surprise many readers that the U.S. imports most of its oil not from Arab Sheiks but from our friends in Canada.

All of which reminds me that now is probably a good time to point out that series of articles I originally wrote for the Blogger News Network titled, "Oil: The Answers May Surprise You" which you can get in a single post here.