>"phew we can stop paying Saudi and just drive EVs from our solar cells" Umm, there are many other components to solar, wind and EVs that don't magically start

>"phew we can stop paying Saudi and just drive EVs from our solar cells" Umm, there are many other components to solar, wind and EVs that don't magically start getting produced in your backyard. Not having to buy crude from Saudi Arabia is something the US could do tomorrow, if they wanted to. There are tons of reserves in the US and Canada.