Maybe the legislators take it seriously but I am sure that the members of OPEC think it is a joke.
I read this morning that Japan has actually reduced their
oil imports to 4.1 M barrels per day in 2007 from 5 M barrels per day in 1973. In the same period the US has increased
oil imports from 6 M barrels per day to 13 M barrels per day.
Wayne