12-26-2012, 12:40 AM
The US has enough oil/gas under it to make itself self-sufficient for decades. Heck, ND apparently has more oil under it than much of the Middle East. Throw in AK and TX, possibly Northeast Ohio, parts of PA, etc., and we could tell the Middle East to go shove sand up its collective arse.
Our biggest problem is that we *export* petroleum products. Funny, drill here, drill now, stop being dependent on foreign oil ... we've all heard that slogan. Truth of the matter is that we export the stuff.
Perhaps if we worried less about whether oil company execs brought home fat pay checks, and more about whether we truly were energy independent... this wouldn't be an issue.
Our biggest problem is that we *export* petroleum products. Funny, drill here, drill now, stop being dependent on foreign oil ... we've all heard that slogan. Truth of the matter is that we export the stuff.
Perhaps if we worried less about whether oil company execs brought home fat pay checks, and more about whether we truly were energy independent... this wouldn't be an issue.