Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.
Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.
We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future.
Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition?
I always wanted to find oil. It was always an irresistible calling.
Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat.
The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce.
The popular notion is that Americans are addicted to fossil fuels, but I find that's not true; most people would be happy to power their lives with anything else.
We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States.
We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.