Independence from Foreign Oil - President Obama's YouTube Interview 2011

President Obama answers the question "What are you going to do different than previous presidents to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and put us on the path to renewable and clean green energy?" in his first post-State of the Union interview.


This clip is from the citizen-powered interview of President Obama, streamed live on YouTube on Thursday January 27th, 2011. The full interview can be seen at www.youtube.com/AskObama.

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[netttels]

RON PAUL 2012

[plbake01]

Since when is visiting places that produce energy efficient items an independence on foreign oil plan?

[1978atcarroll]

Hey, What if "foreign oil dependence" is actually part of a long-term strategy? Think about it. The U.S. is the third largest producer of oil in the world, we just use it here instead of exporting it. We also import more than half of what we use, why? Does anyone seriously doubt that we COULD produce enough for our needs? Could it be that we choose not to, for now? When the last middle eastern wells run dry, we will still have ours. they will have a bunch of devalued dollars. ;) think about it.

[mcrickman]

Changing light bulbs, installing wind turbines and solar panels have nothing to do with foreign oil. Electricity is generated domestically with natural gas and coal. Foreign oil is what you put in your automobile to drive to the mall. Oil is high do to demand and the US uses 25% of the worlds oil yet has only 4% of the worlds population. Cheap oil days are long gone and prices are high because we are so wasteful.

[SOLISDEUS]

Amazing. Even the Party of the People, the Democrats, refuse to confront the real problem with high energy/oil costs: Oil Speculation.

Myth 1: There is an oil shortage. Not true. Oil production is surging.

Myth 2: The Arabs in OPEC are responsible for driving up the cost of oil. False. OPEC has proven to be an effective well managed cartel that continues to exceed expectations.

Myth 3: The Democrats give a damn. Obviosly, Obama made clear. They don't.

[Vulcan750L]

@Armigo91

I'm not the one asking the question. I'm commenting that Obama did not answer the question asked of him.

"He opened economic businesses to solve all these questions and to work on them."

Sound like just more talk with nothing being done.

By the way, the question is about America's dependency on foreign oil and what has Obama done about it. It's not a question about the depression or unemployment. You seem to have a comprehension problem.

[Armigo91]

@Vulcan750L

Politicians never give definite answers. He would be a bad politician if he did.

[Armigo91]

@Vulcan750L

He opened economic businesses to solve all these questions and to work on them.

Things dont change overnight...

Your question is, what has obama done?

Thats not the question you should ask.

You should ask, what disasters has he avoided?

Obama helped and even boosted the economic depression and made room for jobs and businesses.

If mccain was in that chair rather then barack the USA would now be in a economic depression.

[Vulcan750L]

Obama didn't answer the question. 

What is he doing differently than just talking about it and going on field trips? He keeps saying we need to do this, and we need to do that . . . But, the question is, what has HE done as the president of the United States?

[thankallahalltime]

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