Jay Hakes 
A Declaration of Energy Independence [PDF ebook] 
How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment

Introduction : Why Energy Independence Matters More Than Iraq 1
PART ONE: The Problem of America’s Energy Dependence 11
Chapter 1: America’s Plunge into Reliance on Foreign Oil 13
Chapter 2: A Forgotten Victory Gives Hope: How America Solved Its Last Energy Crisis and Cut Oil Imports in Half 41
Chapter 3: Lapsing Back into Oil Addiction: Retreating from Battle under Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush 71
Chapter 4: Blood and Treasure: The Heavy Cost of Dependence on Middle East Oil 89
Chapter 5: Fossil Fuels and Global Warming: A Dangerous Experiment with the Planet 103
Chapter 6: The Magic and Limits of Market-Based Solutions 121
Chapter 7: Seeing through the Ideological Blinders (of the Right and the Left) 133
PART TWO: Seven Economically and Politically Viable Paths to Energy Independence 143
Chapter 8: Solution One: Store Massive Emergency Reserves 145
Chapter 9: Solution Two: Drive the Car of the Future 157
Chapter 10: Solution Three: Bring Alternative Fuels to Market 173
Chapter 11: Solution Four: Plug into an Electric Future 181
Chapter 12: Solution Five: Adopt Energy Taxes Liberals and Conservatives Can Like 191
Chapter 13: Solution Six: Make Energy Conservation a Patriotic Duty 203
Chapter 14: Solution Seven: Throw Some ‘Hail Marys’ 213
PART THREE: Securing Our National Future 221
Chapter 15: What We Need from National Leaders (and from Voters) 223
Acknowledgments 231
Notes 233
Index 243

Jay Hakes was head of the Energy Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy from 1993 to 2000, where he oversaw the collec-tion and dissemination of America’s official energy data and analysis. He has given testimony before congressional committees on more than twenty-five occasions and is currently head of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta.