"In 10 years, we will have exported close to $10 trillion out of the country if we continue on the same basis we're going now. It is the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind,"
What rubbish. The oil is productively used (hopefully) to further generate profits and wealth of US companies. Does this commentator suppose that the US should not pay for resources it consumes in the business of wealth generation, or is he just plucking an extortionate-sounding figure from the air for political gain...?!