Will the enviros ever let us drill our oil, instead of having to go hat in hand to the Saudis?

Obviously it's a terrible idea to rely on them for anything!!!Will the enviros ever let us drill our oil, instead of having to go hat in hand to the Saudis?
no they want to bring america to her knees at all cost. they have no compassion for anything but themselves. they scream the loudest and liberal dems cave into them because they are needed to keep them in office. some high muckidy muck was on fox news and he stated that eco freaks won't rest till congress and the senate put a stop to taking all carbon from the ground meaning coal and oil. no nuclear power plants i guess they want us to go back to horeses and candles and sod homes. mr doodlesWill the enviros ever let us drill our oil, instead of having to go hat in hand to the Saudis?
No, they will not let us drill for oil in Alaska because it is not worth it.





Even if we drilled in Alaska, it would take 10 years to be fully operational. This means many more years of giving money to the Arabian Peninsula. That is a bad idea.





Even if we drilled in Alaska, we would still need to depend on OPEC for a lot of oil. Bad Idea.





Our country needs to invest in a new alternative energy source that takes us completely off oil. This cannot be achieved for many years, but we need to start investing now. The rewards would be greater then drilling in Alaska.





Conservatives should stop looking at oil and start looking at the future. If drilling in ANWR is such a good idea, show me some sources that say so.
Even if we did drill, the US oil reserves are approximately 5% of Saudia Arabia's, and not nearly enough to meet our needs.





Canada actually has the second largest ';known oil reserves'; in the world, but they are in the form of ';oil sands'; - not light sweet crude. Oil sands only became economically viable to refine when oil hit $40/barrel, so Canada's production is increasing monthly.





Bottom line: The US doesn't have significant oil reserves, so as long as we are dependent on oil we will be dependent on foreign suppliers. Drilling in the artic is a short-term solution that will benefit Bush's oil buddies, but not solve the US's long-term energy needs.
If they truly were that zealous about protecting the environment, why haven't they done anything more about the drilling run amok in western Colorado? They only protect areas that fit in their sense of self righteousness where they believe they can garner the support of typically disinterested people to help influence governmental action. If they really cared about the situation, they'd find a more sane approach to the problem that would permit at least some level of access to our own resources. There really needs to be greater attention to alternative fuel possibilities. Wind and solar aren't likely to make your transportation get you where you need to be. Tying the hands of the American public and forcing us to send all of our money overseas for middle eastern oil is hardly the tack they should be taking if they want legitimate respect in the public arena.
As usual congress is part of the problem and not part of the solution.





Remember Clinton vetoed this bill. Hmmm. A million barrels of oil a day.





Enough natural gas to heat every home in the US for 100 years.
Not while they commute to work in taxpayer subsidized mass transit and return home to email their Congressmen against opening up the east and west coasts to offshore drilling.
I hate that Bush did that. Its below the office. I think those OPEC nation have us where they want us. Its all congresses fault, and doing NOTHING!
This is what we call milking the cow at midnight in another barn!