US 'Energy Independence' Is Real, 'Global Prices' Are Not: A Short-Term Oil Production & Price Mitigation Plan

We hear both that the US is 'energy-independent' and that oil prices are 'set by global markets' right now. These claims are not compatible - 'independence' and 'nothing we can do' do not hang together. The US can and must use its net oil exporter status for its citizens as other net exporters do.