Why forging a path to energy independence is so difficult?

    American voters have heard promises of energy independence since the Arab Oil embargo of 1973. That’s the first time gasoline prices jumped and drivers lined up at the pump.

    Richard Nixon was the first president to promise energy independence but he hasn’t been the last.

     

    StateImpact Pennsylvania energy resporter Susan Phillips explains why becoming energy dependent has been so difficult.

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