Do you think building new oil refineries and drilling for the 500 year supply of oil in our own country makes?

sense? I am all for a clean environment and the technology today is geared toward protecting the environment. I would put a well in my back yard if I could. We need to push congress to relax the regulations on building refineries and drilling for our own oil.Do you think building new oil refineries and drilling for the 500 year supply of oil in our own country makes?
I totally agree with you. However we have some blatant hypocrites in the Congress, who rather would destroy the US than show some common sense.Do you think building new oil refineries and drilling for the 500 year supply of oil in our own country makes?
...The U.S. could become ';energy independent'; ....';If'; our Congress would allow the Oil company's to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the NE corner of Alaska... sadly the ';beach front millionaires'; who manipulate the Government keep us dependent upon the ';oil producing'; Nations of the Middle East... U.S. corporate ingenuity could have us completely ';energy independent'; in a few years ';If'; they had the ';cuffs'; taken off and allowed good'ol Americans to take care of America... so...until that change happens, fasten your seat-belt and get ready to watch oil prices to go up to $10.00 per gallon in the next few years and watch ';our'; economy grind to a halt as American truckers go out of business because of the ';beach front millionaires';...
Lack of facts make your arguement invalid. Even if we started drilling here, we only have about a 100 day amount of oil here. The oil is mostly found in the Middle East. A better idea is to reduce demand. The price will follow.
Yeah, build more refineries while all the Oil Corporations are only operating at a 80% capacity





do the math!!
Agreed, but they wouldn't even have to build new refineries, just expand the existing refineries.
There aren't as many places in the U.S. where oil is available as you might think.





And the oil that IS available is exported.
refining will not produce oil


using less oil is the answer , tax heavily the persons with BMI( Body Mass Index) of more than 25 , oil price swill come down
build refineries ,drill for oil ,and use the royalties to research alternative fuel and lower our taxes
From what i hear is that alaska has quite alot of oil..if we can just tap into it, but the nerd- heads of congress wont allow it.
NO, no sense at all, unless you have stock like the wealthy and rich.
I love the thrill of the drill. Screw them polar bears!
You are the first person I've heard assert that we have a 500-year supply of oil within the US.





I favor moving towards a mixed energy supply using biodiesel, photovoltaic/hydrogen fuel cell, hydroelectric, wind, tidal, and perhaps even nuclear. The technology exists right now to implement any or all of these, on a scale from household- to neighborhood, to national levels.





The argument that oil is cheaper isn't going to hold water for much longer.