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Well, that's been an argument since I was a child: "renewables == no fighting middle east tyrants" Not sure how legitimate it is as the saudi sands dry up and fracking / drilling in north america grows...
Fracking only works for natural gas, which has about a tenth the energy density of gasoline. You aren't going to see LPG cars any time soon. Tar sands are much harder to get oil out of than wells. The only reason we're mining tar sands in Canada and not in Saudi Arabia is we don't have to mine tar sands in Saudi Arabia. This discussion misses the point that the US hasn't mined much of our reserved on purpose. The goal is to let the other guy run out of gas first. Great Game bullshit but it's the truth.