And your economics degree comes from where? Apparently from CNN or the DNC, both equally incompetent."Energy independence" is an imaginary benchmark that, apparently, just means "imports and experts are equal".
In what the rest of us call "reality", none of our energy industry is nationalized. None of that fossil fuel belongs to "The United States".
It is owned by private corporations that sell it to the highest bidder, whether that bidder is domestic or foreign.
We are bidders in a global market for every kW of energy we use.