So...you say you want to buy an electric car?

Obewan kenobe was concidered a very smart jedi. A jedi master of sorts. Take it as a compliment. I was not sure where you were going with the oil, but sometimes we dont think of the costs in money or lives when our government has us fighting in proxy wars all over the place. The reality is the U.S. gets very little of our oil from the middle esst these days. Most of their crude is sold to other markets. Oil is sold in U.S. dollars. Some sort of deal that was made with the saudis and opec long ago. The saudis tried to divest of the dollar in oil trading and go with different currencies including the russian ruble. That did not work out. The point is with very little of our oil coming from that part of the world, a push towards natural gas would completely stop that with only small changes to existing gasoline vehicles to run it. Let israel do its thing as it needs to protect itself. and severely deflate the price of oil by pumping like mad. All those kingdoms and dictatorships will fall. No shots need to be fired either.