Former CIA director James Woolsey says America can end its oil addiction (and its reliance on OPEC) by using more electricity, natural gas and biofuels for transportation. “We can move quickly to strike a major blow at oil and OPEC’s dominance if we’ll adopt a portfolio approach and stop allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good,” he writes. “We can get a long way using existing vehicles, existing technology and affordable natural gas.”
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Oil Intervention
Former CIA director James Woolsey says America can end its oil addiction (and its reliance on OPEC) by using more electricity, natural gas and biofuels for transportation.
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April 2026
In this monthly issue, we examine how our understanding of energy — and how we source and use it — is evolving.
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