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Green Shoots for Oil Independence / David Burwell, Director of Energy and Climate Program, Carnegie EndowmentHuffington Post, May 26, 2011http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-burwell/green-shoots-for-oil-inde_b_866815.htmlFour-dollar-a-gallon gas inevitably elicits calls of "drill-baby-drill"  to ease  the pain felt in Americans' wallets. But the present debate  over how to  fight high gas prices and whether or not to increase  domestic oil production overlooks a key point -- peak U.S. oil  consumption has  already been reached...