1.0 link 25899 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/coleen-rowley/a-great-new-american-ente_b_25899.html In his State of the Union address, President Bush rightly decried our addiction to oil. Our reliance on foreign oil has risen steadily since 1973, and today the U.S. consumes roughly 25% of the world's oil. Our dependence on foreign suppliers, many in politically unstable regions, leaves our economy vulnerable to an oil shock which might result from escalating tensions between Syria, Israel and Iran, or from ethnic tensions in Nigeria. And although the U.S. does not purchase oil...

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