American Robert Zubrin in his landmark book, Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil (2007), asks whether the United States should continue to send $230 billion a year to the Middle East to buy oil, or should the U.S. produce its own gasoline (petrol) from ethanol and shale oil, redirecting this $230 billion a year into the U.S. economy. Bob Katter, MP The Bush and particularly the Obama administrations have heeded this counsel and, on present trends, the U.S. w…