Saudi Arabia is planning for the post-oil era, why not the United States?

Source: www.resilience.org --- Sunday, May 22, 2016
The world's largest exporter of crude oil, the Kingdom of saudiarabia, recently announced a plan for its post-oil future. If a country almost synonymous with the oil economy can see the need for such a plan, how can the rest of the world, particularly the United States, the world's largest consumer of petroleum, not see the necessity of such foresigh ...