But for the sake of discussion, let's assume that maybe there is a nugget of two of actual fact there.
So fscking what?
You can cut down consumption or foreign oil the same amount (more or less; I admit I don't have exact number here...and neither do you) by simply converting to fuel cell-based autos. Shit, even converting to a infinitely variable transmission in autos will perform a similar trick, as will traction motor cars/trucks.
Alternatives, Bill, alternatives. Think, man. Its so much easier to think, dream, plan, experiment (gad, that implies R&D, the anathema of Repos), than to defile.
But that's so damn...inconvenient!
And it's bad for Bizniz (as it is currently practiced of course, but not for the visionaries who actually solve the problem. But, of course, those who actually solve the problem will not be the same people who created it, nor will they be the same people who beileve they will continue to profit from maintaining the status quo).