Meeting the challenge posed by our oil dependence won't require us to build the massive war machine that Franklin Roosevelt called for so many years ago, but it will require the same sense of shared sacrifice and responsibility from all of us.
Obama calling for a collective effort to overcome America's dependence on oil, akin to the shared sacrifice during World War II.
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