I didn't ignore your
I didn't ignore your comments, I brought up that oil doesn't have to come from the Middle East. We get only 22% of our oil from there. That's not a hard number to tackle. But anti-oil types seem to want to make the impression that every gallon of gasoline, every drop of petroleum, comes from evil cartels in countries we want to bomb. Frankly, the fighting in the Middle East has little to do with American national security and a lot more to do with multi-national energy cartels wanting to control supply to everyone else. Note that as soon as Iraq was "stabilized," they immediately started auctioning oil futures to foreign governments - mostly China. These wars have a lot more to do with global economics than they do with oil specifically.
I don't hate EVs - I have websites devoted to alternative energy sources for automotive. I see battery electrics as one small part of a larger, overall solution. My problem with BEVs is that they seem to get all the glory when they're really just a tiny portion of the overall. I don't think battery electric cars will solve our problems. Not near-, mid- or even long-term. I notice that you've now twice ignored me when I wonder why other, just as clean alternatives are ignored in favor of EVs when it comes to subsidies and tax breaks.