I realise you were responding to a comment about US energy independence, and in that context your point is well made, but in the wider context the US is just on

I realise you were responding to a comment about US energy independence, and in that context your point is well made, but in the wider context the US is just one western country, there are plenty of other western countries that will continue to be customers of the Saudis and other countries in the Middle East without changing how they generate energy. US exports alone will not meet the worldwide demand for oil at current rates of consumption. http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-will-not-surpass-saudi-arabias-oil-production-by-2020 http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-will-not-surpass-saudi-arabi...