By the way I'm not for scrapping the idea of free trade or NAFTA. Just that energy independence is getting trotted around by some of the same people who espouse free trade and I don't think they go together unless you get some kind of miracle technology (possible), or the oil starts running dry (inevitable but not for at least a decade).

In reality I think energy independence would either require some form of subsidy or tariff or something of that nature. And it would put us at a disadvantage globally.

Though of course a miracle fuel cell breakthrough would be nice.