Yet.
Two years ago, America was importing about two thirds of its oil. Today, according to the Energy Information Administration, it imports less than half. And by 2017, investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts the US could be poised to pass Saudi Arabia and overtake Russia as the world's largest oil producer.
Places like Williston are the reason why.
Shale, horizontal drilling, and fracking
HT: AOSHQ
The envirowienies are trying their darndest to find a way. There are suddenly all sorts of NYT exposes on the dangers of fracking. Including cries of Ozone in Wyoming and asthma in kids.
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