Comment Re:eh (Score 1) 454
What would likely ameliorate the "talent deficit" is that some tech jobs would either cease to exist or move overseas if the compensation level grew too high.
Yes, it's true. We are currently producing more oil than Saudi Arabia! But we are far from being independent.
Short of state ownership of the oil production industry and/or draconian restrictions on exports and imports the U.S. won't ever be "independent" in the sense that it is unaffected by the global price of petroleum. And that price is only influenced to a small degree by U.S. production.
1. Set standards on gasoline, there are way too many formulas that vary state to state 2. Determine how many refineries we need (haven't built any new refineries for 30+ years). 3. Determine the best locations for the refineries (logistics of incoming raw crude and outgoing fuels)
These sound like tasks best suited to a China-style command economy. You strike me as the sort of person who would find that abhorrent.
You're charging you car using energy from coal so you ain't doing any favors using a toy battery car.
Unless you live in Washington state, where roughly 6.5% of electricity comes from coal. Or Oregon, where that figure is roughly the same. Etc.
Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult. -- R.S. Barton