U.S. oil production peaked in 1970 at 9.6 million barrels per day, but even 41 years ago we weren't self-sufficient, because we were already using over 15 million barrels a day.
There are currently two disturbing trends that will greatly impact our ability to import oil.
Mexico...oil production is plummeting & China / India are set to exceed US net oil imports sometime around 2013.
... the combination of China and India would be importing the equivalent of 100 percent of the combined net oil exports from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Norway, Iran and the UAE sometime around 2019.
The No Effort Path to Energy Independence... safe, sane driving is good energy policy.
Can you imagine our economy operating on less than a third of today's transportation of people and goods within eight years?
Edmunds...did a test to study the effects of aggressive driving on gas mileage. Here's how they did it.
Aggressive vs. Moderate Driving: read the entire test
Result: Major savings potential
The Cold Hard Facts: Up to 37 percent savings, average savings of 31 percent
From The Daniel Island News (is 'new, news' 2005? ;-)