Book Forum # *Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence”* (Public Affairs, 2008) ##### Watch the Event [Get Flash](http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer) to see this player. Embed this video on your web site: [![ipod](/images/icons/ipod.jpg)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2008/cbfa-03-18-08.mp3)[Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2008/cbfa-03-18-08.mp3) Join the conversation on X using [\#CatoEvents](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoEvents). Follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute. Date and Time March 18, 2008 4 - 5:30 PM EDT Location Auditorium/Wintergarden Share This Event ##### Featuring Featuring **Robert Bryce**, Managing Editor, *Energy Tribune*. Moderated by **Jerry Taylor**, Cato Institute. In 1974, Richard Nixon promoted the possibility of U.S. energy independence in six years. In 1975, Gerald Ford promised it in ten. And in 2007, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, John Edwards and John McCain all trumpeted energy independence as an essential priority for the next president. In 2007, six books were published hailing energy independence as the answer to everything from global warming to terrorism. But what is energy independence? Is it possible? In *Gusher of Lies* (2008) Robert Bryce breaks down and debunks the myth of energy independence. In addition to his most recent book, Bryce is also the author of *Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron*, and *Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America’s Superstate*. He is managing editor of *Energy Tribune*, and a contributing writer for the *Texas Observer*. [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).