March 02, 2014 Energy Independence is the Wrong Goal for the U.S.→ March 02, 2014/ Ray Long “To achieve energy independence, in other words, we would have to find more oil in the U.S. than we’ve ever found. And then, to stay ahead of the decline rates, we would have to keep finding it at a faster pace — and at an ever-increasing cost. The expense and the production rates make the notion of energy independence improbable.” — Loren Steffy