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Inspired by this skit on the Daily Show last night, I thought I'd ask:

With a PoD after Watergate or thereabouts*, what is the most plausible scenario where, by 2010, the US could reasonably be called "energy independent", such that the economy is not dependent on petroleum production or importation to the degree it is now?

Bonus points if 75% of transportation energy comes from something other than oil; extra bonus points if at least 50% of electricity is produced with clean energy.

(Also, feel free to comment on Stewart's historical analysis :D)

*it can be as early as 1973, so long as Nixon still resigns as OTL
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