Energy independence too costly?

Fortune Magazine reported today that it could possbly be more dangerous to the American economy to become independent of foreign energy than it is politically to remain dependent on our enemies for fuel.

Justin Fox, the writer, blows by all of the standard ways in which the nation evaluates energy independence and focousses on being strictly economical. He does not however evaluate the cost of war to protect our interest in oil. If we put our money into developing new technology we can stop putting our money into fighting wars, invading the middle east and play hard ball with countries that have us by the balls hard.