Hey did you know it's "our" oil now?

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Because fracking and shale oil drilling and tar sands are the answer to climate change?

The only reason US production is up to the level it is is because of dirty production methods like the above (and the decline rate of, for instance, the Bakken shale is significantly steeper than for conventional and offshore wells).

The European average for fuel economy is 45mpg:



And biofuels are a joke because most of it is corn ethanol that costs as much in energy to grow as you get back using it as a fuel, and dedicating a significant acreage of cropland and almost half the corn crop to biofuels at a time of climate change, food uncertainty, and water resource depletion is a frankly stupid long-term strategy.