The 75% solution

Replace 75% of US oil imports from the Mideast by 2025? Viewed in another way, this is not a “goal,” it is a prophesy. There is no way that the US will be importing as much oil from the Mideast in 2025 as it imports today. And there is no way that the nations of the Mideast will be exporting as much oil in 2025 as they are exporting today.

Whether or not the Bush statement is a “goal,” in 2025 the US will not be importing much in the way of petroleum from the Mideast, nor from anyplace else. The oil just will not be there for one side to export, nor for the other side to import. Welcome to the future.

Energy Bulletin