Let’s face it. The Middle East doesn’t like us — an overwhelming majority approves of suicide bombing against us. Yet what would they do if it were not for our oil consumption? If we could to some degree become energy efficient perhaps we could get by without OPEC, though I doubt that Venezuela would forgo exporting oil to us. And there are still Mexico and Ecuador to feed our appetite, along with Canada. And with a caring EPA, ANWAR could be gingerly explored without undue damage to its prist...