For decades, American presidents urged the American people to reduce our reliance on foreign oil imports by conserving energy. Nothing worked.
In defiance of the prevailing political wisdom, individual Americans insisted that the answer was not cutting back on the use of energy but finding new sources of energy. When politicians tried to force people into smaller and more fuel-efficient cars, the gas-hogging SUV emerged as a vehicle of choice for millions.
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