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tile += 1; document.write(''); FP Comment Lawrence Solomon: Liberate U.S. oil Comments Twitter LinkedIn EmailLawrence Solomon Jun 30, 2011 – 7:21 PM ET | Last Updated: Jun 30, 2011 7:55 PM ET
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The United States has more oil recoverable from shale than any other country in the world.
"?Drill, baby, drill' policy would eliminate dependence on OPEC
By Lawrence Solomon
Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president to vow and fail to wean the United States off its dependency on Middle Eastern oil. Barack Obama will be the last. The United States today has the wherewithal to become independent in energy. Once Obama goes, it will also have the will.
Obama and previous presidents failed by ignoring economics in favour of environmental prescriptions of the day "” they lowered highway speed limits, imposed milea
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