Maybe someone's already said this

[quakerboy]

10. To add some math

The thing is.. even a small part of our national use is a HUGE amount.

Via a quick googling, i find that the US uses something like 20 million barrels a day. If we import 3% from russia, that is 600 thousand barrels. per day.

In comparison.. Romania imports around 200k barrels a day, with a significant portion coming from Russia.

In other words.. If we could cut 3% of our use, we could stop paying Russia anything. If we cut it 4%.. we could stop paying Russia and completely cover Romania's needs and free them from having to pay Russia as well. Thats an over simplification, but relatively small changes on our part can make a much bigger difference.