Obama says that he wants to make the US free from dependence on foreign oil. Based on his decision not to exploit any of the oil or other fossil fuel sources in the US he is deliberately deceptive in what he says. He really means that he wants to make the US stop using any type of fossil fuel derived from any source. The US has, perhaps, two trillion barrels of shale oil that could be exploited. But, Obama and the Democrats don't want to develop that any more than exploiting ANWR, off-shore, etc. I saw Canadian PM Harper interviewed on TV recently, and he was a refreshing contrast to the fascist Obama. (Sean Penn might note that Harper is also quite elegant.) Harper said Canada plans to go ahead with developing their resources. Here is an article about shale oil.

http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2009/02/25/interior-decision-on-oil-shale-locks-away-american-energy-resource-larger-than-total-reserves-of-middle-east/