Roubini : U.S. energy independence is years, perhaps decades, away

There’s no U.S. energy strategy or policy in place. “Where is the leadership?” he said. Natural gas deposits may be plentiful but U.S. energy independence is years, perhaps decades, away, he said. “It’s going to be a 20-year story,” Nouriel Roubini said at the Milken Institute’s 2012 Global Conference in Beverly Hills.