Energy independence

[iwasthere]

we can do it as usa residents.

[Towntalk]

A really swell and grand way to thumb our noses at big oil from the Middle East.

[iwasthere]

oh well call me anything you want but  do not call me late for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[irishbobcat]

iwasthere....you are such the socialist communist.....riding and supporting mass transportation like they do in europe....how dare you not drive a gas hogging suv that will require us to drill,baby drill......you are such an unamerican.....you will never get invited to a dan moadus tea party that way....give up mass transit....you must drill and frack...that is an order....

[iwasthere]

Just curious as to how often you ride the bus, "iwasthere"?

i take the wrta everyday to and from my school assignments. i buy a monthly wrta pass since october '11 since my car died on me. i travel to chicago every thanksgiving to chicago via amtrack. i buy a euro pass when i visit my family in italy. i try to use mass transit as much as possible when it is available to me.

[Dan Moadus]

Just curious as to how often you ride the bus, "iwasthere"?

[iwasthere]

it is a start from relying on foriegn oil. this should be a wake up call to impliment regional mass transit systems that connects to other states's regional mass transit systems that will put a nice dent on the foriegn oil dependancy.

[Towntalk]

Americans are pumping significantly less gasoline. While that is partly a result of the recession and higher gasoline prices, people are also driving fewer miles and replacing older cars with more fuel-efficient vehicles at a greater clip, federal data show.

Taken together, the increasing production and declining consumption have unexpectedly brought the United States markedly closer to a goal that has tantalized presidents since Richard Nixon: independence from foreign energy sources, a milestone that could reconfigure American foreign policy, the economy and more. In 2011, the country imported just 45 percent of the liquid fuels it used, down from a record high of 60 percent in 2005