What exactly is the point of drilling for more oil?

We are already drilling and we currently only keep about 3% of our supply and sell the rest. Why not just keep more?What exactly is the point of drilling for more oil?
because the republicans want the american citizens to think that something is being done about the high gas prices.





they know that drilling for more oil won't solve our problem--at least not for another 10 years.





the key is finding alternative energy.What exactly is the point of drilling for more oil?
Alootta reasons.. Possibly even an effort to pay off our debts.. But mainly becuz the republicans want to get as much oil land as poosible before Bush gets out of office





McCain wants to end the ban on offshore drilling becuz ';we need it now'; but that oil wouldnt be available to buy for 10 years!! They think we're stupid man
To kick the Arabs in the pants, back to their country.


Stop borrowing money from China to buy the crap.


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to rebuild our infrastructure back up, after Baby Bush. The Oil man.
The point is so that Bush/Cheney will not have to worry about it, all of the generations after them will have to work on alternative fuel.


Good Night!


I'm off to bed!
propaganda to win votes in order to stay in the white house
Because more supply on the world market brings the price down...it doesn't get much simpler.
i don't understand what you mean. what is the point of keeping more?

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WHO are the individuals preventing the nation from drilling for oil. Can you name names who are responsible.

If we citizens knew the top individuals who are responsible for our dependence on foreign oil, we may be able to convince, outbribe, or whatever, to change their minds. Do you know specifics, not ';The Sierra Club'; or other organizations. Please email names, titles, addresses so a campaign can be started for the good of the nation. I am tired of paying a higher price for gasoline when it doesn't have to be so.WHO are the individuals preventing the nation from drilling for oil. Can you name names who are responsible.
If you need to point a finger, point at the EPA. The EPA was Richard Nixon's landmark legislation. So, ask the Republicans why we can't drill for oil in EPA protected areas.WHO are the individuals preventing the nation from drilling for oil. Can you name names who are responsible.
Liberals
The answer is anyone with any sense. We don't need more oil. We need fuel efficient cars (that alone would nearly end our dependence on foreign oil). We need investment in modern and cost-effective energy production. Not pandering to special interests who keep shoving 19th century obsolete technology down our throats.





No one who is concerned about the ';good of the nation'; is supporting more drilling. The people who are really concerned are supporting developing alternative energy and the economic growth, cheaper energy, and jobs that go with scrapping obsolete systems and adopting modern energy production systems.
Kennedy, pelosi, Kerry, Fonda
We don't have much oil left in this country. If you are talking about oil in Alaska, there is so little of it there it will harm the country more than it will help the country to obtain.





We need an energy source along the lines of Hydrogen for the mobility of the automobile, and we need nuclear power for power stations.
Environmentalists are the ones who petitioned to prevent drilling in Alaska, I can't be sure but I think the ACLU was in on that one. What I would like to ask is why oil? There are other options out there.

Where can I photos of an unregulated oil drilling operation?

Do you really think anyone doing something like that is going to post pictures on the internet? Or do you think there are random people standing there at illegal drilling sites hanging out and taking pictures, then posting them on the internet.





Then again, your question is missing a word.... but I can't think of a word that would make my answer any different. I guess you could do a Google search for... hmmmm... let met think.... I dunno.... maybe ';unregulated oil drilling operations';, the click on the images link at the top of the Google page? Just a thought. If that yields nothing, then there probably is nothing... unless you meant to ask something different.





Here's the Google search result:





http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;safe=鈥?/a>





Here's the same result after clicking in ';Images';





http://images.google.com/images?hl=en%26amp;sa鈥?/a>





Now take some time to learn how to use the internet, and take advantage of the amazing tools available to find just about anything.

What are the pluses and minuses of drilling for oil in Alaska ?

I wanted to know your opinion on drilling for oil in Alaska, what are some good things and bad thingsWhat are the pluses and minuses of drilling for oil in Alaska ?
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Plus: We get more oil. With more supply, the price of gas will drop.





Negative: By drilling for more oil in Alaska, we are not turning to alternative uses for energy. This will only solve the problem in the short run, but it doesn't fix the long term problem of renewable energy.





What are the pluses and minuses of drilling for oil in Alaska ?
As far as I'm concerned they could drill for oil in Laura Bush's forehead as long as that oil stays in the United States and doesn't get sold to China.

Is there a connection between Islamic OPEC control of oil and environmentalists control of oil drilling in US?

Yes, it's called a lying democratic congress.





When they ask the Saudi's to pump more oil, they believe in supply and demand. Schumer said on the senate floor that (1 million barrles per day) it would lower gas prices by up to 17%.





When asked about pumping the same amount from OUR oil. He said that it would only lower the price by '; a penny';. So.. supply/demand doesnt' apply now.





Only a Democrat can pick and choose when supply and demand applies.





Only a Democratic supporter can ';choose'; to ignore the obvious lies from their own leaders.





So, who are they protecting?





The Big Environmentalists that OWN the Democrats in Congress.Is there a connection between Islamic OPEC control of oil and environmentalists control of oil drilling in US?
I can't prove it but I have my suspicions.I find it very odd that at the same exact time in history the radical envitonmentalists have sway in D.C.AND OPEC raises the price of oil AND our money is worth less AND we are at war AND There is a food shortage AND we have a housing crisis.


I truly believe that we are being manipulated and being prepared for a takeover from the new world order. This cannot occur with a free, strong and independant America.There are cameras going up all over, some with face recognition software, we are being required to have a ';national I.D. card with an RFID chip in it for tracking.See antichips.com And there is an assault on Christianity all over the world AND there is a move toward socialism.Is there a connection between Islamic OPEC control of oil and environmentalists control of oil drilling in US?
I you where a business man and had a monopoly (oil) and buyers out there willing to pay $150 for a barrel, what would you do?


The little bit of heavy crude we have in USA soil isn't worth talking about. It makes a couple of guys rich but does nothing to quench our thirst for 18 million barrel of light crude a day.


Our oil is not a prime oil, its very low grade.
yes, they are all trying to save the world from global warming.
tin-hatters are out in force this morning, eh.......

Why has McCain flip-flopped on Oil drilling off the US Coast?

Isn't this another reason to see him as 'McSame'. Bush originally laughed off the idea, so did McCain... Bush has now changed his mind, so has McCain.Why has McCain flip-flopped on Oil drilling off the US Coast?
These are the same people who have had no energy policy for the last 8 years (except for Cheney's secret meetings with Big Oil and Enron). Now, all of a sudden, they want to overturn George H. W. Bush's anti-drilling policies because they believe that the American people can be pacified with a .06 cent drop in prices at the pump. Sorry, but that's all it would be--oh, in about a decade or more. About McBush's flip-flips--this was only the latest in a whole host of issues that he has done about-turns. No surprise, and we can expect plenty more as he panders and twists himself into a pretzel.Why has McCain flip-flopped on Oil drilling off the US Coast?
When your administration's entire energy policy consists of flying to Saudi Arabia every now and again and pleading for them to increase oil production - and then they say no - you find yourself flip-flopping.
I agree. McSame, McShame, whatever. I see a career politician with a populist agenda.
They are being opportunistic, trying to take advantage of average Americans' dwindling savings accounts. It's completely irresponsible, and I hope the average American can see through this political ploy.
Times change you change with them he isnt ignorant he will do whats best for America. if any of you think we wont be using oil in 5 years think again.
Because McCain is a flip flopper and will say or do anything to get elected.
It's an election year.





No other explanation is necessary.
This is an electon year and he will tell the people what they want to hear like Bush did!
This is what happens, when you try to be a democrat.


( while your a republican )
woooaahhh.......
flip flopping is what McBush does best! He used to be his own man until the RNC made him tow the party line.

Hows does drilling oil in USA will create job opportunity?

hows does drilling oil in USA will create job opportunity i'm wit for the answer ...PLZ!!!!!!!!!! tahnks people that help me Hows does drilling oil in USA will create job opportunity?
USA imports oil from all over the world and exports oil to some parts of the world! In some poor countries that dont have the technology to extract oil amereica offers thir own equipment and employ local enginiers and labour. This will not only provide jobs, decrease oil imports and increase domestic oil exports for the poor country but at the same time will increase USA oil imports.


Now imagine if all this was happning in USA it self, advantages - work oportunities( more oil ingeniers,managers, supervisers, line workers, electricians, plumbers and builders and at the same time this increase in demand for the equipmens means more production and again more labour required and new job vacancies), increase in domestic oil


production reduces imports of forigne oil, and excess oil production opens the oportunity to international export.





an open economy is made of = current accoun + capital account





current accoun = (imports + exports)





note: import in most cases is not good, export it usually is good.





i have tried to keep it very short, i hope it helps.Hows does drilling oil in USA will create job opportunity?
An oil well isn't just a hole in the ground. There are hundreds of different jobs involved in the drilling and all the support industry. The casing that lines the hole has to be made, threaded, and often heat treated and this alone involves many different jobs. Then there are things like the drill bits, mud, fracturing, etc all of which employ lots of people.


On a secondary level, all this stuff has to be moved which means using trucks.


There's much more, but this should give you the idea.
whos going to drill the oil

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Libs and conservs. Do you think we should finally start drilling for oil here in the US?

Is anyone really dead set against us drilling for oil here in the US and finally bringing down the gas prices? And do you believe we have come far enough along where we would be able to drill without it hurting the enviorment? Libs and conservs. Do you think we should finally start drilling for oil here in the US?
There are plenty of places to drill without hurting the environment.





The oil industry expects the republicans to get them leases on the last remaining public land they can't drill. It's a gift.


The high prices may even be collusion - like Enron was prosecuted and convicted for deliberately cutting supply and running up prices to help recall the California Democrat Governor.

Do you think the intentions of drilling for Oil, should be a blessing or a curse ?

Drilling for Oil anywhere on this Earth is a Gift and a Blessing, then why are so many People and Oil Producers making it into a Curse ?Do you think the intentions of drilling for Oil, should be a blessing or a curse ?
Drill baby, drill. The more fuel we have here the easier we can wean ourselves from Middle Eastern oil. And more oil means more competitive pricing, I would hope.Do you think the intentions of drilling for Oil, should be a blessing or a curse ?
Blessing? Have you actually worked on or around a drilling rig? Sign on as a roughneck for about a year and see if you consider it a blessing.

If you are for drilling more oil wells in the US; shouldn't the oil be required to be used here?

Perhaps if we are going to destroy our habitat the oil should only be sold in the US. 89% of the land in Alaska is owned by you and I as tax-payers! If we are to be self-sufficient we should stop the International Oil Corporations from selling our oil to foreigners!





What say you?If you are for drilling more oil wells in the US; shouldn't the oil be required to be used here?
well... I agree...





but according to Republicans... that would be ';communist';... the government stepping in and telling oil companies what to do...





sometimes I'm surprised they don't sell nukes to terrorists citing ';it's a free market... nukes don't kill, fingers that push buttons do';...If you are for drilling more oil wells in the US; shouldn't the oil be required to be used here?
Drilling for oil doesn't destroy the habitat. Check this out:





Whenever we want to create a new aquatic environment for fish and corals, do you know what we do? We sink an iron-hulled ship. The fish move in and all of a sudden you have a man-made thriving habitat.





Seems like the animals and fishies are smarter than the liberals.
I am all for more drilling but I think you guys need to study economics.





It is a world market. WORLD MARKET. We don't exist on our own and neither does anybody else. Maybe if you could look around once in a while you would see that.
i am all for keeping the oil here.





and we aren't going to be destroying anything. did you know the wildlife around the alaskan pipeline has flourished because they like to gather and mate around the warm pipes?
Yes---and if we can get good senators and rep's we can make that a reality----let's hope we will vote right in future elections----the media-bias has been revealed and has awakened a sleeping giant YOU----and ME---and all the other voters-----Vote Smart
ABSOLUTELY, and without question.
I think that is something we all can agree on.

Why has Obama changed his tune on off-shore oil drilling and tapping into the Stratigic Oil Reserves?

CNN - Jack Cafferty.Why has Obama changed his tune on off-shore oil drilling and tapping into the Stratigic Oil Reserves?
Obama did not change his mind about off shore drilling. He remains personally opposed to it, but said that he is willing to compromise in order to get a comprehensive energy plan passed. I know the past 8 years have enabled many Americans to completely forget the concept of compromise, but a willingness to compromise and accept the views of the opposition is and always has been one of the primary reasons for my support of Senator Obama. I am shocked at the number of people who are saying it is because his position didn't poll well or because he changes his position like the wind. McCain gave a speech on May 30th talking about why we can not afford more offshore drilling and by June 16th he was running ads attacking Obama for not supporting off shore drilling and accusing him of being the reason for high gas prices. He later acknowledged that the high gas prices were the result of 30 years of bad policy on drilling (apparently the last time we had good policy was the Carter administration). If this is true, he has been a policy maker for 25 of those 30 years and Obama has for almost 4 of those years, so McCain must reason that he is to blame more so than Obama.


As far as tapping into the oil reserves, that only happens in election years with the exception of post Katrina. It seems to me that the oil reserves are more like a reserve on approval ratings. They were tapped by Clinton in 2000 as Gore was falling in the polls, they were tapped by Bush after Hurricane Katrina when his approval rating dropped near 40% for the first time. Now that there is no incumbent running and gas prices are at record highs, both candidates are calling for a short fix by tapping into the reserves (by short I am assuming they want something that will last from mid August through the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November). Obama's plan at least has the oil companies leasing the oil with a pay back plan.





As for the person who said Obama changed his mind because it will take decades for alternative energy to make progress and this is the only way to solve the problem today, they seem to lack knowledge of the situation. Alternative energy is already on the road with E85 fuel and other ethanol plans. Increasing ethanol is also a process that can start immediately. By increasing nuclear energy we can refocus some oil that is used for heating to automobile fuel and increase solvency almost immediately, and the same goes for increased wind energy production (ask T Boone Pickens who is very conservative and spending millions of dollars pushing for this approach). Obama did not suggest inflating our tires would eliminate the need for offshore drilling, but it was mentioned in his energy plan under what we can all do to help. Finally, any new off shore drilling takes at least 10 years to tap into oil and convert it into usable light sweet crude. Off shore drilling is a plan that does not help us out now, but takes a decade to make progress.Why has Obama changed his tune on off-shore oil drilling and tapping into the Stratigic Oil Reserves?
He has switched his tune for the time being, lets watch him switch again if he is elected. It is a ploy to get more support from those who think we need to be drilling, such as my self. He will not get my support even with this change of tune, because he keeps switching back and forth, and I really think it is just to get support from those who want to see drilling.
Because ... His PuppetMasters pulled his strings !!!





You are saying that ...





He was Against and then For Off-Shore Drilling along with being Against using our Strategic Oil Reserves ...





THEN ... After the Democrats WALKED OUT of Congress ...





He changed his mind .. AGAIN .. to be Against Off-Shore Drilling .. AND .. For using our Strategic Oil Reserves !!


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WE ALL ... need additional time to WATCH .. JUNIOR U. S. Senator Obama become the greatest back-pedaling flip-flopper in history !!!





Is the Guiness Book of World Records ready for this ??


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WE - TRUE Americans - do NOT want AND / OR need ANYMORE Socialist / Communist / Liberal /Marxist ANTI-American Government Hand-Out Programs, .. ie.. CHANGE !!!





MOST of the ones that we have now are full of FRAUD ... AND / OR ... ARE FAILING !!!


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JUNIOR U. S. Senator Obama did NOT complete his FIRST term in office !!


... with just 143 days of ACTUAL experience


... HE decided


... that he DESERVED to be THE President of THE United States of America !!!


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JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama knows TAXES, TAXES, AND, MORE TAXES !!!





He will NOT stop at taxing the rich !!!!





Please, search the ...





Global Poverty Act (S.2433), ... and it is being sponsored by none other than JUNIOR U.S. Senator Barack Obama


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JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama, the Unions, and the Democrats are sending messages to big business to downsize in America and send more jobs to foreign countries.





Brilliant ideas from JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama, the Democrats and the Unions (SARCASM) !!!!


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he goes with the flow, says what the group listening to him wants to hear. Who knows what his position will be next week.


He seems to want to hold a committee meeting on every little thing (with himself as the chair, of course) and then after the committee pleads with him, he relents and does what the majority wants.


Makes many happy, not a way to raise a child or run a country.
Cuz broHAM be Da King de La FLiP-fLoP, HiP SnOt, Gang baNg, cowarDly Cuz Club, Yo!





And Homie authorized this answer while taking a rip off the pipe and praising Allah! and his boney black boootie was hiked up in the sky....and Larry stopped bi...er, by! So know what?!
Because he needs to gain some popularity back, so he has to change his stance yet again. Atleast mcCain for the most part stands by his word, Obama changes his ideals like the wind changes direction.
He knows inflating our tires and creating alternative energy won't help now. Alternative energy will take decades to get progress. The only answer is to drill in our oceans and lands until alternative energy works and powers most of the U.S.
Because his former position was losing him support. . . .so in typical Obama fashion, he adjusts.
It's called comprimise. You know, what we need more of in congress?





And before you get all high and mighty about Obama being flexible, well - so was McCain.
He had no choice. The polls indicate the majority of Americans support more drilling.
Because McCain is looking better at saying he'll do that, so why won't he. It gets his popularity out there.
because his previous stance on the issue didn't test well in polls.
As I wrote to Cafferty's blog yesterday, because he has to deal with an electorate who largely think there is an instant solution to high gas prices. It would be nice to think they would listen to logic, but they won't. They want empty promises just because it makes them believe somebody is doing something. Obama has to be elected by these people, so he gives them what they want, knowing that if he wins, he still has the logic behind him.
Because it would politically risky for him to ignore a basic emotional fear of the American people. These are just gimmicks that McCain has been using against him, but I guess he feels that the issue isn't worth losing the election over.





As mentioned earlier, McCain has also flip flopped on this issue, probably for similar reasons.
which answer do like better?





he changed his position because he thinks it would be a short term help for people at the pump





or





he changed his position becaue he is a flip flopper and he hates America





EDIT: you neo-cons are funny
because hes a flip flopping lying politician just like mccain.
You realize McCain has also done this, right?
consider the source

How to joint the pipe when drilling oil and gas ?

Nearly all drilling pipes are threaded, from 2'; core samplers to what you see used in the oilfields. When you need to pull the pipe to replace a bit, the sections need to be undone.How to joint the pipe when drilling oil and gas ?
Further to the previous answer. The threads are tapered and have an ACME like profile so they are strong in their ability to handle large torque loads as well as in shear from the weight of the drill pipe that might be hanging below.





Some drill strings can be several miles long.How to joint the pipe when drilling oil and gas ?
The threaded portion of the drillpipe is called the Tool Joint.

Which would you prefer, drilling for oil in the US or depending on the Middle East?

Treehuggers oppose drilling for oil unless it is in an ugly place. It seems no one wants to defend our oil interest in the Middle East. Yet whenever oil prices go up and gasoline skyrockets, everybody wants the President to do something.





What do you want? Why can't we use a little common sense and think beyond what we have been told by a few self proclaimed experts that are usually only washed up Hollywood types?Which would you prefer, drilling for oil in the US or depending on the Middle East?
Common sense is in short supply these days. Especially for liberals and the nutty environmentalists. They whine about energy independence, yet fight any proposal to drill in Alaska or offshore in the continental shelf. Then they bring up these inefficient ideas like ethanol and bio diesel, which is less efficient than petrol, uses tons of water to refine, uses vast amounts of acreage to grow (which erodes the topsoil and thus is bad for the environment), drives up the cost of corn as well as all foods, has to be shipped across the country in trucks as opposed to pipelines like petrol mostly uses and is also taxed twice once for the farm subsidies and at the pump. It would take fields the size of Minnesota and Texas combined to grow the amount of corn that would make up only 10% of our energy needs. Not to mention the inefficient wind farms or solar panel concepts, when we could use the cleanest most efficient energy source of all, nuclear power, but the libs hate that too.





We also need to build more refineries.Which would you prefer, drilling for oil in the US or depending on the Middle East?
Screw the caribou.Drill A.N.W.R
I'd like to see Alaska opened up, the Gulf off of Florida (I live in FL), as well as lands on the Continental US (oil shale, etc) the neglect of these resources is just plane stupid. Developing these resources as well as the gasification of coal will give us time to find and develop alternate energy resources that will not only help us, but will aid the entire world... world population is only going to get larger and a reliable energy source will be necessary if everyone isn't going to live a 3rd world existence.
Are you nuts? Even if we drilled in every single spot possible here, there wouldn't be enough oil to support the U.S. needs.





That is why we need to reduce on dependency on oil, no matter where it comes from.
how about an alternative form of energy? You see there is a third choice.
I'll stick with our President Bush and go for the oil in the Middle East!
We are becoming too dependent on other countries for not just oil but many other things and if they at some point would cut us off we could be in real trouble.
well, there's a lot of oil reserves yet to be found in suitable places and in wells using new technology to access all the oil down there





also, the Middle East is not where we get the most of our foreign oil. For that, look to Canada.


The Middle East simply CONTROLS oil prices by having OPEC which has the ability to flood the market and stop any country from outproducing them.
I would prefer that it was drilled for here before we go looking elsewhere for oil. That's just a personal opinion though. i do like trees, but don't really care to hug them.
I would prefer to be less dependent on oil as an energy source.
The long term plan is that we will tap the Middle East dry of their resources and still have our reserves here in the U.S. Then everyobdy will become dependent upon us.
Drill for oil in America and give Iran nuclear energy in the form of a bomb we drop on Tehran.
I say we drill for oil in our own country, build more refineries, and spotted owls be damned!
We are not drilling for more oil, nor are we building any new refineries. Thank the democrats once again.
Drilling in the U.S.
Do you realize that most of ';our'; oil produced from Alaska is sold to Japan, China, and other asian countries?





Your argument is a red herring, manufactured by the oil companies to dupe Americans into thinking they have our best interests in mind when in fact, the only thing they're interested in is their own bottom lines.





But I'll propose a compromise. Pass a law allowing drilling in ANWR with stiff mandatory prison sentences for any oil company executives who sell ANY of the oil to anyone but American refiners. Then we will see the oil company's true colors, and they won't be pretty.





Thanks for playing. Better luck next time.
I would prefer drilling in the U.S., particularly opening up ANWR in Alaska. All the treehuggers who say it would disrupt natural wildlife and that cr*p need to get a clue and search the internet. The area being considered is out in the middle of nowhere, no wildlife (animal or trees) to speak of, etc. I heard an analogy once that if the area was a floor rug it would be just a very small area in the corner of the rug.
I'm biased as hell - drill here!! Alaskans have wanted ANWR open for years now....and we're *still* getting screwed by Washington, in spite of current global pressures.





If you're opposed to drilling in ANWR, you shouldn't even own a car. There are people here who ride their bikes everywhere - miles of commuting - even at -40. If they can do it....so can you.





Looney, I agree with you that ANWR will not solve our problems - but it *will* buy us some much-needed time. But don't fool yourself - this will only happen when and if the American people demand it. And since more Americans vote for American Idol than in governmental elections.....I won't hold my breath.
You can only drill where there are reserves, and the U.S. has not too many left.
We get the majoirty of our oil from Mexico/Canada





not a whole lot from the Middle East...





http://www.opec.org/library/Annual%20Sta鈥?/a>


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I prefer driving my electric-plug in, or a compressed-air, hydrogen, fuel-cell, or water-powered car once they become readily available.





But go ahead and keep fighting over oil, fine by me.
Drilling in the US. We have safeguards here about that.
Get off oil.


A) Saves Ecosystem


B) Keeps us out of Mid East





We will have to get rid of oil some time. It's time to move on.


There's anatomically driven electricity, such as riding a bike that uses movement to charge a big battery. Not enough to power a whole house, but enough to charge up a large chunk.
My ideal is to have solar panels on my roof and run my house and car on solar energy. It is possible but the big oil, utilities and auto makers have squashed alternative energy development. Running your car on solar produced electric energy is like paying 50 cents a gallon for gas. Sometime in the (I hope) near future we will have no other choice and the tax breaks and low interest loans to install these systems will be put in place.

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How is the Bush administration justifying the drilling for oil in the ANWR?

if you have a link or something to a website that has the answer that would be very much abloiged!How is the Bush administration justifying the drilling for oil in the ANWR?
Why the h*ll do we have to be justified to drill for oil?





Want gas in your car that doesn't cost $4.00 gal?How is the Bush administration justifying the drilling for oil in the ANWR?
First off were not drilling there yet.





Second we have oil in ANWR and the US should go after all sources of energy, so we can get off foreign oil.
Duh, because we need the oil, and the envrionmental impact would be almost nothing, Drill here, Drill now, lower prices.
Um, something to the effect of, it's a barren wasteland and it has billions of barrels of oil. Isn't that enough? It's also something like .0001% of the total area of ANWR.
It's simple





Most people confuse No New drilling locations with no drilling.
Here are plenty of good reasons:





http://www.warriorsfortruth.com/alaska-o鈥?/a>
I thought they weren't - but if they are - great!
He says nothing on this matter. He is packing up and getting ready to go home. He could not care less about drilling or anything else in Washington. He just wants everybody to quit bugging him, man.
so we don't give billions to terrorists in the middle east





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there is no drilling in ANWR and isn't going to be -- both Presidential candidates are opposed.





of course, this being politics and all -- that's a foolish position. The proposed drilling area in ANWR is about the same proportion as a postage stamp is to an 8 x 11 manila envelope.





further, the count of caribou and other wildlife in the Prudhoe bay area is HIGHER after drilling than it was before. Seems critters are smart and detect the heat of the pipeline in winter and therefore choose to be in the area.

Why does President Bush keep bringing up drilling for oil in the United States?

Even if they started drilling today, it would have no effect on Gas Prices for 7 or 8 years.





I think we could get off of Gas in 7 or 8 years if we concentrate our efforts.Why does President Bush keep bringing up drilling for oil in the United States?
It is his back end black mail tactics. He knows that the American people do not want to accept offshore drilling to ruin our beautiful beaches, nor Alaska, so he want to play the blame game to act as if with out that, we are stuck paying inflated gas prices. He knows perfectly well we have options that will put the change the face of the energy industry - but they don't want those options.Why does President Bush keep bringing up drilling for oil in the United States?
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We will not be able to meet the energy demands of this country in 7 or 8 years with alternative energy. If congress agrees today to drill, the price of oil will start to fall tomorrow. The speculators, who congress loves to blame, are only reacting to supply and demand. If they think future supply will increase, and the price of oil will go down, they will sell their futures positions that they now hold, because they will lose big bucks if they don't. When they sell and other futures traders sell, the price will come down. And Saudi Arabia will take notice also. This is the underlying economics behind oil prices, that most people don't understand. They keep on listening to people like Pelosi and the Demagogs.
Oil is the most efficient source of energy today, and for the next 50-75 years, period. Alternatives are fine and should be explored with great vigor, but are in no way ready for mass production ... and won't be for a generation or two. America has many known reserves, and the wealth potential for unlimited reserves given exploration and, yes, drilling.





Oil and gasoline are a fact of life, for the rest of yours. And even if the magical alternative is found, it'll take no less than 30 years to phase-out gasoline.





Drill here, drill now, stop funding South American and Middle East Tyrants.





If the American government announced an all-out drilling plan for oil, the price of oil would collapse overnight. Speculators rule this market. This is why the Saudi's want the price to come down, so they remain the leading exporter.
Most Americans want drilling. It would have an immediate effect. There are two kinds of futures market speculators. Traditional speculators need to hedge because they take physical possession of the commodities. But index speculators merely allocate a portion of their portfolio to commodity futures. Index speculation, according to Masters, damages price-discovery mechanisms provided by futures markets. Said simply: with index speculation you posses nothing but paper, so you play more easily.
because he wants the current group of oil companies to control even more leases to thwart competition.....





He knows they aren't drilling ';just cuz'; like everyone else does who really looks into these things.





';its too expensive to drill there'; ';its too hard to get too';





Oil is at an all-time high, wouldn't now be the time with prices continually rising to cash in on that?
Crude oil prices are from the futures markets. Any news changes the price per barrel on the futures market, and than affects the current price at the pump. Anyway, at least it's an idea, Obama has no ideas, he can only shoot down others, he has none of his own.
It's his parting gift to the oil executives that put him and his party in office.





The oil companies will sell it on the world market and the US may not see half of it, even then. Not worth the loss of another seafood source.
i really don`t know. everything i see or read says all that drilling is only going to give us 1 or 2% of the oil we use and won`t change the prjce of anything.
we should drill for it





Using the excuse that it wont help right away is a poor defense to not drill.





If the dems would have allowed us to drill when we wanted to we would have the oil already
Because Bush and Cheney are shills for the oil industry. And you're correct that a concerted effort towards alternate energy is better solution, both short and long term.
You re dealing with a giant populace who are not too caring


what happens to this Country,

Due to High fuel prices and angry voters will democrats give in and allow drilling for oil or lose voters?

This is one of the very few issues on which I agree with the conservatives.





Drill away!Due to High fuel prices and angry voters will democrats give in and allow drilling for oil or lose voters?
Price of oil on the market is mostly commodities market driven. It is a deliberate bubble, there hasn't been any substantial increase in demand of oil within the past 6months to justify it.





Even if 100 trillion barrels of new oil was found off the coast of Florida tommorow, we do not have the refinery capasity to process it. It takes years to build refineries and years to do exploritory drilling. There isn't a short term fix other than driving more fuel effecient cars.Due to High fuel prices and angry voters will democrats give in and allow drilling for oil or lose voters?
I hope not.


Drilling in ANWR and off the coastline is not the answer.





The problem here is NOT due to shortages on the supply side. If it were, then there would be drilling in thousands of currently un-used oil leases that are already issued to the industry. If it were, then there would be lines at the gas pumps like in 1973 when OPEC cut us off.





There are already ESTABLISHED wells that are not being pumped in those lands. If the oil companies wanted to, they could start pumping today and lower the price of oil. But then they'd loose profit, wouldn't they?





The Bush Administration just wants you to think that drilling is the answer so they can gain control of even more public lands for their private profits.
HIGH fuel prices are fake since there is enough oil in market and in reserves, profit of oil companies are billion each month, bush family is in oil business for years, drilling is another game and more profit for oil companies,and damages to environment , who ever is against drilling and more profits for bush family and oil companies will gain more smart voters
lose voters.





obviously you are against obama, as is evident by your icon.








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BIG TIME!! I am a Libertarian, the complete opposite of a socialist. We believe in a limited government, sound money, and personal liberty.
They will not give in, they are in the HANDS of the Oil Companies quoted by Ed Koch- he said its really quite Criminal. Oil Companies have invested too much in the Speculation, they would LOOSE money!. Poor babies. DRILL HERE DRILL NOW Americansolutionscom
I think they will NOT allow drilling. These knuckleheads NEVER learn from History. They will be voted out, before they give in.
No most people are smarter than that. The gimmicks don't work anymore. drilling won't solve the problem now because we won't see any new oil for at least ten years at least.
They may be forced to give in but not until after the election.

What are the environmental consequences of drilling for oil?

Click down there.What are the environmental consequences of drilling for oil?
If its done right, not a real big impact, it is actually pretty safe now.

Since when did drilling for oil become something we care about?

I mean we had one party in control of all 3 branches of government from 2000-2006. Why weren't all these drilling bans removed then?Since when did drilling for oil become something we care about?
As long as the Commodities Futures Modernization Act goes unchanged nothing anyone does will matter. You can drill your little hearts out and completely destroy the environment, but nothing will change as long as speculators are allowed to run amok.





Simply adding the words ';and energy'; to the Commodities Futures Modernization Act would bring gas prices down overnight.





80% of all known oil off the continental shelf of the United States have already been granted permits to drill, but those that would do the drilling are sitting on those permits. Ask yourself why.Since when did drilling for oil become something we care about?
Not quite.





Legislation is always a compromise. A great example is the civil rights bill. For over a hundred years the Democrats blocked reasonable civil rights bills. As bad as it sounds the assassination of JFK was probably the best thing to happen for civil rights because Democrats were guilted into voting for the civil rights bill by Bobby Kennedy.





Bobby Kennedy was primarily influenced to become an advocate for civil rights by a document called ';we charge genocide'; that was presented to the UN in 1951.





If the Democrats hadn't been guilted into voting for the civil rights bill it would have died once again.





The bans on drilling were not removed because the congressional compromise wasn't there.





You should spend more time reading about how things work in congress as opposed to listening to propaganda.
Ummmm could have something to do with the fact the party that has been in power all this time is the party that is making the most $$$ off the high oil prices and the war.





On top of that the reality is if they were to lift the ban tomorrow, it'll be at least 10 years before any drilling will take place, so it's a false hope.





The real question is, why the heck aren't we un-capping the wells that have already been drilled and oil found here in the USA that we capped years ago when Mid-East oil was cheaper to purchase? The oil is still there, the wells have been drilled, all we have to do is unlock the freaking caps!





Gee, but that just makes too much freakin sense now doesn't it?
Since when did drilling for oil become something we care about?





When gas hit $4 a gallon.
The real possibility of $8 a gallon gas by 2009.
When the choice became filling the gas tank or eating.
Why? Well, to make more $$$ for their buddies and/or lobbyists. I can't see another reason
since gas prices are high





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Who Would Benefit More from Lifting the Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling- Consumers OR Profiting Oil Companies?

WASHINGTON - July 31 - AP is reporting: ';Exxon Mobil Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest quarterly profit ever by any U.S. corporation.';








Tyson Slocum is director of Public Citizen's Energy Program. He said today: ';Contrary to what Bush is claiming, the Department of Energy determined that an increase of offshore drilling would have an insignificant impact on oil supply and prices. These profits at Exxon Mobil and other big oil companies are not being re-invested into things that would end our oil addiction; they are being used to finance things like stock buy-backs. We need to stop subsidizing big oil so we can invest in clean energy.';





Candida Scott, an oil industry researcher at Cambridge Research Associates, said oil needs to be priced at $60 a barrel or more to justify deep-shelf drilling.


5 hours ago


Candida Scott, an oil industry researcher at With oil now selling for $134 a barrel, companies are almost assured of profiting from offshore drilling, Scott said.





Tyson Slocum is director of Public Citizen's Energy Program. He said today: ';Contrary to what Bush is claiming, the Department of Energy determined that an increase of offshore drilling would have an insignificant impact on oil supply and prices. These profits at Exxon Mobil and other big oil companies are not being re-invested into things that would end our oil addiction; they are being used to finance things like stock buy-backs. We need to stop subsidizing big oil so we can invest in clean energy.';





Public Citizen has just released a statement ';Loophole Spared Oil Companies Billions in Royalty Payments to American Taxpayers,'; which begins: ';A bureaucratic oversight has allowed 24 oil companies to skip out on more than $1.3 billion in royalties.';Who Would Benefit More from Lifting the Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling- Consumers OR Profiting Oil Companies?
I think it is a political ploy. It accomplishes two things-





1. gives republicans a window to do what they have wanted to do all along but couldn't pass the legislation for.





2. creates an artificial rift between republicans and democrats to help get McCain elected based on the faulty idea that our gas prices are going to suddenly decrease because of it.Who Would Benefit More from Lifting the Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling- Consumers OR Profiting Oil Companies?
How about the economy, period. Billions of dollars wouldn't go overseas, not to mention hundreds of thousands of new jobs for Americans.





Read this:





http://www.warriorsfortruth.com/alaska-o…
They're making so much money now. Do you think they'll ever let it go back to the way it was? That's why we have to take the power away from them by finding ways to provide alternative energy.





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Some estimates placed the value of the global trade in illegal drugs at around US$400 billion in the year 2000; Let's get these guys before we worry about exxon mobile who are doing it legally.
Consumers would win all the way. Would you prefer Exxon do their drilling overseas and we buy from OPEC. We need to become self sufficient.
everyone would benefit from drilling, to all the people against drilling, what is the downside? drilling for more oil cannot make things worse. everyone wins with more oil
The oil corporations would benefit highly and alot more than the American people. The American people wouldn't benefit at all because just because the oil is in our country doesn't mean Americans are going to see it. It actually goes on the world market to be bid on and right now the country who is in the position to make the highest bid is China.
It's a psychological game, just lifting the ban then speculators dropped oil futures %26amp; OPEC wasn't too happy, now if we actually drill the speculators will speculate lower prices %26amp; OPEC would prob just lower it themselves as they want us dependent on their oil. I hope we do drill %26amp; come up with alternatives %26amp; OPEC has to pour it out on the ground to get rid of it.


Yes I know it would take many years to see an actual benifit in production we had this same argument 10yrs ago %26amp; where did it get us. If we had done this 10yrs ago we wouldn't even be having a debate about. Same as 10yrs ago, we can not depend on oil alone %26amp; have to work dligintly to find alternative sources of fuel %26amp; power.

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Are you for or against drilling for oil offshore on the continental shelf?

For or Against? Why?Are you for or against drilling for oil offshore on the continental shelf?
Against. The unforeseen dangers to the environment of the oil that spills into the ocean on a regular basis could be catastrophic.Are you for or against drilling for oil offshore on the continental shelf?
I am both for and against it.





I am for it because it will drive down gas prices.





I am against it because gasoline isnt the answer. Hydrogen is.
AGAINST IT %26gt; because of the environment because there is plenty of oil on land -and Green energy is the way to go.
For. More oil/sex scandals. More campaign cash to GOP candidates.
That and almost every other thing to help this country get away for OPEC.


Include nuclear,wind,water,coal,and natural gas.
i am for it . we need to break the monopoly that threatens our country again and again. i think we should get our own oil as much as possible. our technology may free us from oil and i believe one day it will. meanwhile we should go all out to get as much oil as we can as soon as we can. drilling should be allowed in the rockies and the dakotas also because oil platforms are in danger of hurricanes and bad storms. even if our own oil is expensive to obtain at least the money and jobs are here in our own country and we don't keep sending billions to the mideast.

Why doesn't McCain emphasize Palin's know-how on drilling oil?

What else does she have a reputation for?Why doesn't McCain emphasize Palin's know-how on drilling oil?
It will show him up maybe.. .pleasure drills, building bridges to no where and putting lipstick on pigs.Why doesn't McCain emphasize Palin's know-how on drilling oil?
Based on her family life, she does know a thing or two about drilling but its drilling for babies and not drilling for oil.





Wow, that was a low blow. At least I'm not calling her a terrorist...
She can see Russian oil wells from her front porch.
They are too busy ignoring the issues.
wiping out corruption in alaska
';What else does she have a reputation for'; ?





Answer : Being a flake.

Are you for or against drilling for oil offshore on the continental shelf?

For or Against? Why?Are you for or against drilling for oil offshore on the continental shelf?
i am for it . we need to break the monopoly that threatens our country again and again. i think we should get our own oil as much as possible. our technology may free us from oil and i believe one day it will. meanwhile we should go all out to get as much oil as we can as soon as we can. drilling should be allowed in the rockies and the dakotas also because oil platforms are in danger of hurricanes and bad storms. even if our own oil is expensive to obtain at least the money and jobs are here in our own country and we don't keep sending billions to the mideast.Are you for or against drilling for oil offshore on the continental shelf?
AGAINST IT %26gt; because of the environment because there is plenty of oil on land -and Green energy is the way to go.
Against. The unforeseen dangers to the environment of the oil that spills into the ocean on a regular basis could be catastrophic.
For. More oil/sex scandals. More campaign cash to GOP candidates.
That and almost every other thing to help this country get away for OPEC.


Include nuclear,wind,water,coal,and natural gas.
I am both for and against it.





I am for it because it will drive down gas prices.





I am against it because gasoline isnt the answer. Hydrogen is.

Why doesn't McCain emphasize Palin's know-how on drilling oil?

What else does she have a reputation for?Why doesn't McCain emphasize Palin's know-how on drilling oil?
It will show him up maybe.. .pleasure drills, building bridges to no where and putting lipstick on pigs.Why doesn't McCain emphasize Palin's know-how on drilling oil?
Based on her family life, she does know a thing or two about drilling but its drilling for babies and not drilling for oil.





Wow, that was a low blow. At least I'm not calling her a terrorist...
She can see Russian oil wells from her front porch.
They are too busy ignoring the issues.
wiping out corruption in alaska
';What else does she have a reputation for'; ?





Answer : Being a flake.

Will Obama join his Illinois Senate counterpart Dick Turban Durbin and flip flop on domestic oil drilling?

Yet another lib compromises on his position.Will Obama join his Illinois Senate counterpart Dick Turban Durbin and flip flop on domestic oil drilling?
I predict he will realign his position. lolWill Obama join his Illinois Senate counterpart Dick Turban Durbin and flip flop on domestic oil drilling?
lol...when will john mccain get his prisoner of war story straight and decide whether he gave the north vietnamese the names of the Green Bay Packers (as he said in his auto-bio Faith of our Fathers) or the Pittsburg Steelers (as he said yesterday in pittsburg)? Why is mccain a liar? Why is mccain flip flopping on this? Is that why mccain only campaigns in beach towns now because he prefers wearing flip flops? Yet another conservative is caught lying. lol, goes both ways, pal.
Obama is the '; change '; Candidate who believes that he can '; change '; his mind every day.
no, one answer wow!!!! what exactly you call BS on your other intellectual question?

Should American companies be prevented from drilling oil in Iraq on conservation grounds?

If they wish to remain American companies they should probably follow the laws here.





yes, those pesky restrictions such as OSHA standards......damn those evil dems for not allowing american companies to move to Mexico and exploit their poor for their gain.Should American companies be prevented from drilling oil in Iraq on conservation grounds?
Hell no.





Should European companies also be prevented on the same grounds?





Maybe NO ONE should drill there.





But then, what would the Iraqis have to trade with?





Last I'd heard, the world market for goat skin rugs wasn't very strong.Should American companies be prevented from drilling oil in Iraq on conservation grounds?
Yes.





Obama will do ANYTHING to Destroy America.





Lets get Gas Higher, eh, Democrats????





Gore wants $6.00 a gallon gas by Dec 31, 08.





Cool!!!! Lets get Gas Prices Higher.
No more than anywhere else. The developed oil fields are already ecologically damaged - more so since Saddam set fire to the southern oil fields.
We can do better as Americans by curbing demand for petroleum by raising fuel efficiency standards and stronger conservation methods.
No. And they shouldn't here either. The companies should be required to be ECO friendly but not prevented.
Iraqi freedom fighter will kill all the traitors and occupiers. Let them build the infrastructure ...

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Do you people realize that McCain himself admitted drilling for oil will not produce immediate results?

He also said it would lower gas by a dollar maybe. Even that was speculation. And no i won't provide a link! If you don't keep up with ';your candidate'; you shouldn't be voting.Do you people realize that McCain himself admitted drilling for oil will not produce immediate results?
Yeah but somehow they have a tendency to overlook the facts. Like a weak dollar, $10 TRILLION in debt and $1.4 BILLION and $283 MILLION bombers that crash isn't exactly helping gas and oil prices.


Like a nickle per gallon gas tax elimination will save a 12 gallon gas buy 60 cents or $2.40 per month while our roads and bridges collapse. If supply is such a problem one should wonder why didn't the oil companies use the hundreds of leases they already have as opposed to drilling in the wildlife preserves? Come to think of it weren't the oil companies supposed to build refineries or some such with those tax breaks Bush gave them? Isn't that the Republican line of thinking? Well I think America is waiting. BTW Exxon's CEO did get a $30 MILLION bonus. I guess that was one use of our tax dollars at work.


For the social program nitwits out there between the $1.683 BILLION crashed bombers and the $30 million Exxon bonus


8.565 MILLION Americans could have gotten a $200 physical


instead of the nothing we got.Do you people realize that McCain himself admitted drilling for oil will not produce immediate results?
Yes, anyone with any sense of time, production, and economics realize that. It's the people that oppose him that keep on attacking that issue. In the long run America will be better off if we start drilling offshore today.





I read it somewhere on this site ... it's like saying - starting college tomorrow is not going to get me a job tomorrow so why bother. Neverminding the fact that 4 years from now, you can get a job.
So it is better to do nothing because immediate gratification isn't achievable?





We should be drilling, pursuing wind, nuclear, solar, tidal, shale, coal, bitumen and any other method to solve the problem. To suggest that one particular source not be used because the results are not immediate is absurd.





None of the alternative to oil will provide immediate relief either.
wow of course its not going to produce immediate results everyone knows that, you dont drill a hole in the ground and bam it goes into gas. safety processions and all that need to be set up. and its nto speculation that the gas will go down by it, its truth if you got the U.S producing oil by this offshore drilling theyll sell for cheaper than foreign countries something called competition with this other countries lower there prices and everyone under cuts each other. Everyone wins from it. Besides are you really gonna vote Obama name one positive thing hes ever done for this country. Mcain gave years of his life rotting in a POW camp while obama sat and did nothing for his country and now he expects to be president? get real.
ya, a lot of people on here have given em some hardcore documented straight facts about the oil, and the war, and the economy situation, but they just don't wanna hear it, they are shutting everything out and swirling around the drain ready to be flushed into the Abyss~!!!





i guess ignorance is bliss~!!!
Did McCain ever say in the first place that drilling WOULD produce ';immediate results';?





I don't think he ever said that in the first place. So, what's the problem here?





Why is McCain being criticized for ';admitting'; something that was never in opposition to anything he said previously?





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Yeah.... well....





Had we taken steps in the 70s to rectify our oil problems, we wouldn't be here.





But NO...





People said the same thing then... ';We won't get the oil for XXX number of years';





So here we sit looking stupid while the rest of the world is taking care of their energy problems.





It's ok... We can keep depending on the rest of the world to supply us with energy.
Um, yeah it's not a secret that it will not produce immediate results. That doesn't mean we shouldn't START NOW.





He's being realistic, actually optimistic, to say it may lower gas by a dollar.
Lowering $1 is better than it raising $2. $5-$7 a gallon is possible.
Obama's solution has immediate results. Windfall Profits.
Coolio, when did you learn how to read and write?
They just ignore facts

Do people think that if we just made drilling everywhere legal that oil companies would drill in the US?

Do oil companies do any kind of cost/benefit analysis and drill at the place that will likely produce the most oil for the investment? I have read that there are only 590 rigs running world wide. Is that true?Do people think that if we just made drilling everywhere legal that oil companies would drill in the US?
Yes, they do a cost/benefit analysis, and they have an average production cost target, and all the other usual corporate metrics.





Your rig count is off by many magnitudes:





North American Rotary Rig Counts


The U.S. rotary rig count was up 15 at 1,901 for the week of June 13, 2008 and is 7.2 percent higher than last year.





The number of rotary rigs drilling for oil is up 4 at 389. The number of rigs targeting oil is 104 greater than last year's level of activity. Rigs currently drilling for oil represent 36.5% percent of total drilling activity.





Rigs directed toward natural gas were up 11 at 1,503. The number of rigs currently drilling for gas is 20 greater than last year's level of 1,484.





Year-over-year oil exploration in the US is up 36.5 percent. Gas exploration is up 1.3 percent. The weekly average of crude oil spot prices is 101.1% percent higher than last year and natural gas spot prices are 68.1 percent higher. Daily crude oil and natural gas futures and spot prices are available on our site.





Canadian rig activity* was up 12 at 230 for the week of June 13, 2008 and is 21 less than last year's rig count. Canadian drilling falls rapidly in the spring to avoid environmental damage during the spring thaw and rainy season.





*The Canadian drilling industry experiences wide seasonal swings and even year over year comparisons can lead to incorrect conclusions.


North American Rig CountDo people think that if we just made drilling everywhere legal that oil companies would drill in the US?
Like any business venture, oil companies do a cost analysis before they start drilling. Supposedly, the real problem isn't that we are running out of oil, it's that oil production has slowed. Why?


Naturally because oil near the surface of the earth is easier to extract, and as the levels in that particular area drop, it becomes more costly to drill to deeper levels.


So, in short, oil companies can drill at one place for a while with a relatively small investment, and just move on to another area when the level drops. It's actually cheaper to build (or move if it's offshore) a rig than to dig deeper.





I'm unsure of the 590 rig figure, though.
There has been a lot of drilling happening in the US.


Just not in protected areas.


You can check the BLM, and Forest Service and source how many oil and gas well permits have been issued, and opened.





Not that it matters because if we extracted all of the oil it would only meet a very short period of time.


Better to expend the effort on something that will resolve the energy issue in the long run in my humble opinion.
I don't know about that, my guess would be no. They are a business and they want to make money like every other business does. But we need to seriously look into alternatives. It's really time. I know they wouldn't be fast, and I don't know crap about engines, but why can't we have cars that run on batteries? There HAS to be a way to make that work. Of course we would still need oil for other modes of transportation, but I would drive a battery powered car as long as it would go at least 60.
They screwed up the economy so much that they want to drill on American citizens. And they say WE are ';addicted to oil';. I would say THEY are.





They've been selling off America's natural resources for 8 years.





It's a sign of abject desperation and I wouldn't help them.





Plus, it's polluting.





Let them come up with some other alternatives. I'll ride a bicycle in the meantime.
Catwoman - there are a lot of reasons for hiding info from people who have not been invited into your Contacts. People that have a desire to create havoc for you can do so by accessing your answers and posting them in a situation that you did not intend, etc.





There's nothing sinister about hiding your answers/contacts from the general public.
There are thousands of drilling rigs in the US alone. There are fewer rigs that can do deep sea drilling. Maybe that is what you read.





Oil companies do a considerable amount of analysis befoe they drill. It's very costly to drill dry holes.
US oil companies already have access to 68 MILLION ACRES that they can be drilling in.





So, don't know why they need more...
Your a very educated man, and I would say if you claim to have read it, it must be true!!!!!
I've seen more ';rigs'; (pumps) than that just in south Arkansas.
I think we should go for alternative fuel because we just wont have enough to make for the supply n demand
Why do you hide your info. and ask questions with not so simple answers?

Does anyone know where the 2nd hostage is in doroud oil drilling platform- DFBHD-team sabre?

i found the first one...down the staires and in the middle room, but the second...pls helpDoes anyone know where the 2nd hostage is in doroud oil drilling platform- DFBHD-team sabre?
When you are on the deck, go take the stairs down on the other side of the rig and he is in one of the rooms. I know doroud is like a maze... i had difficulty finding him too. And be careful with them. There will be an attack from enemy boats after that and they may get shot. If you don't know it already, don't destroy the missile launchers until the hostages are safe. Good luck.

Why does John McCain want the oil from offshore drilling to be exported to other countries?

Wouldn't that only benefit the oil companies? Why does John McCain want the oil from offshore drilling to be exported to other countries?
Yes you are right - Some Americans are being duped to believe otherwise. Exxon is for Exxon and no one else.


. Why does John McCain want the oil from offshore drilling to be exported to other countries?
McCain is a toady of big oil. Much of his campaign staff have often worked as lobbyists for oil industry companies. This is the main reason he has backed off his former principled stand against the Enron loophole, which allows energy companies to reduce competition by becoming monopolies. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, McCain's campaign has accepted over a million dollars from the oil and gas industry, that investment has resulted in McCain's call for offshore drilling, which will likely do nothing for the prices at the pump, due to consolidation of the competition.
Yes, it would benefit the oil companies. And that is the problem with drilling for more.





What happens when more oil floods the market? The prices go down and the usage goes up and this inevitably leads to those high prices again. Basically, to answer your question, these oil companies, whether they are drilling in Miami or Greenland, offer up their product on the open world market and whomever has the highest offer gets it. American oil companies, as you are taking note of, care nothing about America and only about profit. It's capitalism at its extreme, considering America needs to focus on America these days.
He doesn’t. What he does NOT want is a regulation that says all oil produced from domestic wells must be used domestically and CANNOT be exported. We could, at any time, impose a “domestic use only” rule, but it would be counter-productive to do that now. It would not make economic sense.





If we have a field that is producing high-sulfur crude and our refineries are processing low-sulfur crude, it is more economical to export our high-sulfur crude and import an equivalent amount of low-sulfur crude. It is very expensive to shut down a refinery so it can switch from low-sulfur to high-sulfur crude. When the refinery is down, it obviously does not produce anything.





This is not a question of “letting the oil companies do whatever they want” with oil from domestic fields. The price of oil is set by the market, not by the oil companies. OPEC can and does push oil prices up and down by decreasing or increasing production, but our oil companies, individually or collectively, do not have the ability to do that.





Some of our politicians are blaming our high energy costs on our oil companies. If the oil companies are responsible, why did congress recently pass legislation enabling American entities (individuals and corporations) to sue OPEC for price-fixing? And why is congress looking at the role of commodities speculators in causing oil prices to rise? That’s like making a positive identification of the person who robbed you but asking the police to bring in the members of his family so you can look at them, too.



Well it increased world supply and of course we don't use oil from America. It is far cheaper to have it transported from around the world than from in our backyard.





Pay someone a penny an hour = cheap gas. Pay someone 50k a year = expensive gas.





However the amount of oil gotten from the destroying the wildlife refuge would = no change in gas prices and in fact probably increase them due to increased spending by oil companies.
Yes, but the already hefty profit making oil companies are backing him. The rich will thrive in a McCain administration. Just like they have in the past 8 yrs all the while thousands of Americans are losing their jobs. Republicans take care of the rich, have widened the gap between the Middle Class to the point that many that were Middle Class are now considered poor.
Why do Democrats want to tax everything they see? Why do environmental extremists want us to live with no electricity or modern conveniences and go back to the stone age? Why are their socialists and radical facists making up a majority of Democrat Party?





We can do ';what if's'; all day.





Let's make a few things clear. ';Oil companies'; and other ';Big Business'; are nothing more than groups of people. Businesses do not roam the countryside and try to terrorize people. Businesses employ people. Businesses are owned by Americans in their pension plans and in their personal stocks. If we can help any of our businesses we should. Businesses produce products and services that we want or need.





We should be concerned about ';Big Government';, ';Big taxation'; and ';Big Public Education';. These are things we need to be concerned about and not our privately owned %26amp; run companies. Our nation is based on individual freedom, low taxation and small government.





Remember, ';Big Oil'; pays huge amounts of taxes, way more than ';Big Water';, ';Big Coffee';, or ';Big Hollywood';. That being said, at the end of the day you must realize that businesses really don't pay taxes. People pay taxes. If a business is taxed that cost is transferred on to the price of their products %26amp; services or through less expansion, less hiring and less pay for their employees and stock holders. We should eliminate ALL federal taxes and implement a simple consumption tax. But, that is an entirely different topic.





Remember that more freedom and less government is the answer.





God Bless America
lol...no kid, please next time pay attention..he wants it here. but said that given that there is so much oil out there we may even become an exporter IF we can develop all of the fields we have!








they found billions of barrels in the rockies, and billions are calculated to be off our coasts just waiting to be tapped!





just tell the eco-nazies to let us get to them!
will someone explain to me WHEN someone told you that privately owned companies are subject to being grabbed by the US government?





the oil companies owe you and me and the USA NOTHING. we live in a capitalist economy. we are not communists.
This is a situation we cannot drill our way out of. Billionaire T. Boone Picken. John McCain sounding like a broken record, drill here and drill now. That is so Old, so narrow minded.
Ok genius he supports offshore drilling to be closer to ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, he's not going to send it to other countries, mabye you check your facts fist.
When did he say that? Besides, it doesn't matter where the oil goes...if there is more supply the price will fall...this is basic economics.
because he is a moron.





here watch this video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9yd7uz4P…
Do you even know where 'drilled' oil goes?
he doesnt he wants it here
We run an Capitalist economy, its better to export and make money
Bull poop.

Did you know that Palin's husband works for one of the biggest oil drilling companies in the world?

How convenient.Did you know that Palin's husband works for one of the biggest oil drilling companies in the world?
It's true he works for BP. Let's be fair though - Palin successfully taxed the profits on oil companies in Alaska.





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Which is odd, because that's exactly what many Democrats have proposed (windfall profits tax on oil companies), and Republicans have opposed the idea.





Palin has supported drilling in ANWR, which is a bad sign. So she's kind of a mixed bag when it comes to the oil industry. However, I have no doubt she'd support increased drilling just like McCain.





My main complaint is that McCain has been criticizing Obama for being too inexperienced, yet he could drop dead at any time and then we would have an 18 month governor of a state with a very small population as the president of the United States. Talk about too little experience!Did you know that Palin's husband works for one of the biggest oil drilling companies in the world?
And did you know she taxed the crap out of the oil companies so the state didn't have to survive on federal dollars?





Tell the WHOLE story.





Yea Its Me - why bother lying? If you were truly voting for McCain you'd bother to take a second and look into it and find out there's no basis for the ';investigation';. Nice try. Why to Democrats have to resort to lying to convince others? Must suck.
She stopped corruption with the oil issues up there. Did you know Obama attended a racist black seperatist church for 20 years? Did you know his wife and him hate America and white people? Did you know he bought his house in a shady land deal where he didn't pay market value for a piece of land from a convicted felon?
He just gave the election to obama. Obama u are now my choice and 1500 others in my city who switched over just this morning at a monthly conference. She is currently under investigation for abuse of power in the firings of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, and many others. I was a McCain supporter until he chose her. Obama u have my vote now
So what? Did you know Obama really belongs to the largest terrorist religious groups in the world? Did you know that Bill didnt swallow? The world is not perfect but its better than the world of Politics. Did you Ted killed a woman? Did you know JFK was nothing but a pretty boy? The list goes on but so what, who really cares and besides if someone ever did, whats going to happen?
He's also a Native American who's main trade is fishing. He works for BP in the winter. She raised the taxes on the oil companies in Alaska and eliminated a big chunk of Federal pork headed their way.





How is any of that bad?
I saw that too. It's unbelievable. It never stops. According to one Wikipedia, she's tough on the oil companies or something to that extent. Yeah, right. Her husband works for one of them so how tough can she be expected to be. Seriously.
did you know that the government makes more money off the big oil drilling companies than, say, the big oil drilling companies? no one mentions that.
How happy the oil barron is to drill.Hydrogen to the rescue.Unless war becomes the issue.
Yes, and I buy gas from the biggest oil companies in the world! And so do you!


If you want to criticize Vice President Palin find something substantive.
Good for him, I hope he enjoys his work and his compensated appropriately for his efforts.
And your point? More conspiracy? LOL





You libs are truly laughable.....Obama just lost the election IMO
Just another Republican that is out of touch with the middle class.
Yes he is a working man not an executive. The kind of man that Obama was speaking of last night.
Mission Accomplished...........
LOL..the Beauty Queen and the Oil Man. Coming to theaters near you this election day!
Now THERE'S a surprise!
Woo Hoo!!!!! I am soooo shocked!!
OMG


I bet he planned 9/11 too














get a life little kid
well, I do now. What a surprise....

Is palin denying Global Warming becasue she is ignorant or because she wants to get more oil drilling?

and pretends not to notice..??Is palin denying Global Warming becasue she is ignorant or because she wants to get more oil drilling?
That's a good question. And similarly, does she not want polar bears listed as threatened because she really doesn't believe they're threatened, or because she doesn't want the listing to impact oil drilling in Alaska?





What it boils down to is whether she's ignorant or completely immoral. Either way it doesn't really matter, because either ignorant or immoral, she shouldn't be an old man's heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States.Is palin denying Global Warming becasue she is ignorant or because she wants to get more oil drilling?
Well, those two are part of her motivation. but primarily it is because she is a religious fanatic--and the extremist right wing churches (cult is actually more accurate) such as the one she belongs to have made an article of religious doctrine that global warming doesn't exist.





That's not a rant--check out her record. It's not just global warming, it's evolution she denies--and demands that her religious doctrine of creationism be forced on everyone's children. ';Abstinence only'; as sex education (that one worked real well, didn't it?) and a long list of other absurdities.
or are you saying shes ignorant because she is a women? Or because her husband works for an oil company. Choosing the word ignorant to describe a person of her stature is like telling all your professors they are mentally retarded or that your parents are dumb ol sod busters.





Go back, and rephrase your question and use facts entered into evidence. If you want to use the the shes a women or its because of her husband or whatever, just say it with facts included.






As with most people with a well rounded education she sees nothing to get excited about. We have had since 1850 a cold period that was 1.5C or so colder than currently, We have had two warm spikes the highest one in and one almost as high in 1998. We have had two cooling periods, one in the late 40s and the other in the early 70s with a mild warm spike between the two cool periods. Currently we seem to be going into another cool spell, but wee do not yet know how cool it will get because we are unable to see the future and tell how bad it will be.
She has clearly chosen not to follow the sheep on this one. Good for her, the leftist political posturing is so evident.





Can you please explain - without making us laugh - what's wrong with drilling for oil??
Possibly both.





Drilling in her state will mean more revenue, more jobs, larger tax base all good things for a politician.
It looks like she's just a run of the mill reactionary idiot.
She is correct gw is a man made scam to raise taxes and place more government controls over people.
ignorance

lip gloss

Why are the Democrats trying to keep us from drilling for oil in Alaska ?

Foreign depenence would be cut by 75 %. I think it's all a plot to bankrupt the economy on Bush's watch so that they can take over.Why are the Democrats trying to keep us from drilling for oil in Alaska ?
I bet they soon start drilling.Why are the Democrats trying to keep us from drilling for oil in Alaska ?
Well, it will cut foreign dependence on oil, but maybe at the same time ruin the majesty of the Alaskan landscape and at the same time promoting more realizing of toxic chemicals from the bottoms of those obesity promoting vehicles.(the obesity part was just for fun) I live in a suburban valley near a city, and its all smoggy. The sky has a hint of grayish-brown. Its disgusting. I also love the great outdoors, it has this enormous power that can pull one out of the deepest and darkest bawls of depression.





But i dont know democrats for nature...nevertheless, would you want to drive around in a car releasing out gasses that can ruin your health, not to mention contribute to global warming? We cant stop global warming, its a natural phenomon, but why speed it up? What happy person drinks alcohol or smokes when shes pregnant? O yea, the stupid.





This economy i think is alrdy going bankrupt, $9 trillion in public debt...Im america's future generation, I have to pay these taxes. I dont like the burden.





Why cant we just use some alternative form of energy? Take it from a strategic point of view. We can develop hydrogen, solar, alternative hydrocarbon fuels, and tons of others, while countries like China cant. Think. 10-20 years from now, the world is thirsting for oil, but we and Europe have already switched. Who has all the power? We do. China may control us now with her imports, but we can control her with OUR oil, like the middle east and south american currently does to us. The only difference is that we CAN fight off China. Dont think of the now without thinking of the future.





(Im chinese, i dont like china too much, im Green, liberal(in the sense of liberty), like the use of nuclear power(fusion fission whatever), but part pacifist, only WW2 was justified I think, dont like global warming but like machines(which need fuel to run)...Im full of contradictions, but NO TO DRILLING IN ALASKA.
What DO you think they built that pipeline for dude?

Whay would be the pros and cons of drilling for oil here in America?

Could yopu give me pros/and or cons please ?Whay would be the pros and cons of drilling for oil here in America?
Pros


-expand American oil companies


-more American oil reserves to export as well as home use





Cons


-Natural habitat loss


-Possible industrial accidents along American Coast





Just to note: In my opinion, these higher gas prices are a good thing. It has kicked oil companies, car manufactures, and other industries to create alternate and cleaner fuels. Ask yourself, would there be the same amount of people driving hybrid cars, or these new types of alternate fuels being put into vehicles is gas prices were low? I think we shouldn't drill for oil, we should ween ourselves off of oil as a fuel source and look for something cleaner, more efficient, and readily available.Whay would be the pros and cons of drilling for oil here in America?
Cons: 1) It would take 5 to 10 years to show any actual price drop not only that but it could very well end up increasing taxes due to environemental damage like oil spills. The ban on off shore drilling was done by Bush's father not by a democrat.





2) Easy solutions like this do not work because they offer little in actual long term relief plus can cause more long term problems.





3) The dangers of the proposal for off shore drilling are easy to ignore under desperate circumstances. And could easily cause HUGE tax increases due to environmental hazards like oil spills that the government would have to spend a lot on cleaning up.





Pros: None that I could think of.
We are the only nation on earth with a moritorium on off shore drilling. How the arab states must laugh at us knowing we are sitting on more oil than they are. There is a 13 times greater chance of an oil spill from tankers across thousands of miles of ocean, than there is from local pipelines.


I was raised in east texas where the oil was pumped night and day, in school yards, cemetaries, golf courses, even downtown in parking lots. There is no environmental danger, and any one who says we shouldn't drill for oil is a fool, and can't see how everything hinges on it.
Oil is a commodity traded on the international market, oil drilled from America is sold on the same market at the same price as all the rest of the oil. Oil from Alaska is more likely to wind up on gas tanks in Beijing rather than New York. The only people that will benefit are the oil companies (foreign) that drill and sell the oil.


If you pump every drop of oil available in the U.S. it will not lower the price you pay for gas by one single cent.
Pros: There are none, at least for the people we keep voting into office.





Cons: GW Bush and administration gets less money.


Gas would be less expensive for Americans.


The US is not reliant upon foreign governments for oil.
I don't agree with off shore drilling but I see no reason not to drill in some areas on land. There is plenty of oil in many states in remote areas. It would add to the economy, ease the price of oil, and even create jobs here. I would like to see us not have to rely on our enemies for our energy. They cut us off 30 years ago and they could easily do it again.





Plus, there is much more demand for oil by other countries as well. It will take another 20 years before we can dramatically reduce our oil usage. Are we just supposed to hope for the best until that happens while we're paying $10/gal.
Pro:


1. Less oil from abroad, however, price will not change.





Con:


1. It is putting off the inevitable. We need to look at other sources for fuel.


2. Drilling in Alaska will destroy an incredible natural habitat.


3. We need to take care of this planet and see if we can reverse the damage that has been done.
It's necessary because the World Bank is using America's need for oil to fund third world debt, they are behind the jack-up.





Iran plans to flood the oil market in September using the Euro as mark currency which will tank the US dollar.





The US must have its own oil.





UPDATE





http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/larry-sinclair-news-conference-press-release-sinclair-names-limo-driver-limousine-driver-obama-cocaine-use-gay-sex-paramjit-multani-five-star-limousine-dan-parisi-obama-cell-phone-sinclair-a/





Here's the rsults of Larry Sinclaire's Press Conference


it lists cell phone numbers, dates, times, receipts, bills, witnesses, and police affidavits
For one thing, drilling off the east coast would be just plain stupid. If you recall Hurricane Katrina and every other strong Hurricane did mega damage to all the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.





The east coast, especially the southern east coast would have the same problems when a strong Hurricane came through. DUH!





They did start drilling off the southern west coast years ago and it was a flop. They got nothing other than ugly scenery for those driving on the 101 freeway, or Pacific Coast Highway.





They are guesstimating that there is oil further out. But they don't know for sure. I don't want my tax dollars being spent on a whim. Plain and simple.
It wouldn't be nearly as effective as alternative energy sources, which have been proven to work without polluting the environment.





Drilling is a very nasty process. Do you want an oil well in your back yard??? Have you ever seen one up close? I have! They STINK!
What we need to do is wean ourselves from the oil teat and develop alternative sources of fuel and energy. Drilling for more oil does not help that along. Lessening our dependence on oil leads to cleaner air and gives us a reason to leave that sandbox in the middle east alone.
goggle or Yahoo search The Bakken Oil Reserves (North Dakota) or the BLM report on Oil reserves in the Naval Petroleum Reserves or even industry reports in Alaska's Oil and Gas zine...then get back to us...





BTW North Dakota needs at least 1000 new oil workers now! I wonder why?
It would involve destroying a lot of protected wildlife and lands. That's a big con. Also, it's bad for the environment in general. What we need to do is develop another type of fuel.
cons: americans are incapable of drilling for oil because they are too FAT.
larger profits from selling oil to China, and eco-nuts will toss more of a fit over global warming
Economic strength through energy independence... Grow our crops to feed the world....
NO con's we need to do something now !!! and the Republicans have been trying to get us to drill but the Dem's are saying no. So for all the people blaming Bush for the high gas prices. lol ! get your knowledge straight. I mean can we live with 5.00 gas. NO we have to do something and quickly and Obama is so stupid he just thinks he's gonna walk into office and do WHAT !!!!

The democrats seem to be blocking new oil drilling. Should we vote for the people who really are?

projecting change ?The democrats seem to be blocking new oil drilling. Should we vote for the people who really are?
Projecting change as in Obama? NO





Fire Pelosi and Reid and let our great country move FORWARD again





Vote McCain in 08 The democrats seem to be blocking new oil drilling. Should we vote for the people who really are?
That and more, as a new generation of cars is coming; also there exist the possibility for some in the right climate to be totally energy independent. We need fresh ideas and not the best status quo money can buy. Obama offers that change in business as usual. Before we get to that level some democratic want to protect some areas of the country while opening additional acres for drilling. Personally hope they do taxing mechanism that will keep gas a 4.00 a gallon, and in short term use the strategic reserve to keep it from going higher. As solar cells supply energy for direct use and to hydrogen cells for future use some demand comes down. As cars trucks and train engine powered by natural gas become the norm crude oil will become the next whale oil. We need creative leadership, and not cash deep lobbyist. Mcsame or start to oil obsoletes .Obama 08. Thing will not change for generations, but change can happen, or you can bore another four years into oil stock dividends.
Did you know that the oil companies already have drilling rights on 60 million acres that they aren't drilling yet? You own the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, you own the offshore sites that the oil companies want to drill. Why would you want to give all that away to people who are robbing you every day? They are already obscenely wealthy, they do nothing but rob you, why do you love the oil companies so much?
Well I don't know about all Democrats, but the speaker definitely is and has stated this publicly. The answer is the same as in all things political. If an issue is important to you take the time to learn where your representatives and senators actually stand on the issue then vote accordingly.





Edit: Wow Thumbs Down for stating a fact and then advising to people to become informed for themselves. Interesting!
New drilling is a red herring.


Oil companies are developing profitable fields as hard and fast as they can. You know all those big profits that are being complained about? Those didn't come from sitting on produceable reserves.





And anyway, why are we so interested in making it easier for big multinational companies to tap out oil around North America. The smarter thing for government leaders to be doing is setting the pace for getting us weaned off petroleum!
Lifting the moratorium on off-shore drilling does NOTHING right now. In fact, IF the oil companies actually get to work drilling(they haven't drilled much of the land they're already leasing for that purpose) AND we had enough refineries to handle the increased influx of oil(we don't), you'd pay a few cents less for gas....in ten years. Off-shore drilling isn't the answer. Charting a new course for the future is.
Do some reasearch, listen to ppl, even JOHN McCAIN said it will only be a psychological effect to drill offshore. We would not see an effect for some 10 years and it will be 1% of the oil that we would be using at the rate we are going and the cost savings is only PENNIES!





They have 68 Million Acres of land that they could drill on now. They want ppl to pressure congress to give them more land to drill on. TO SIT ON AND RISE THE PRICES.





GOOGLE OPEC. THEY HAVE STATED THAT BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION IS THE REASON THAT THE OIL IS UP SO HIGH!





GOP IS ONLY FOR 5% OF AMERICA they use the rest to get them in power and it is evident they do not care for us or our country.





THE NATIONAL DEBT: Why because of a war, dishonorable war, low taxes on the rich and corporations.





WEAK DOLLAR: KEEPING THE INTEREST RATES LOW!





EACH TIME OUR ECONOMY GETS STRONG THE GOP PLAYS ON THE GREEDINESS OF AMERICANS AND GET ELECTED IN THEN THEY RAPE OUR COUNTRY!





EACH TIME THEY LEAVE US WITH A NATIONAL DEBT. THIS TIME IN THE TRILLIONS.





WHAT HAVE WE GOTTON OUT OF IT? INFLATION, RECESSION AND AT ANY OTHER TIME THIS WOULD BE CALLED A DEPRESSION. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH SOON IF THE UNEMPLOYMENT GETS WORSE. YOU WILL SEE THAT TOO. UNLESS CHINA COMES IN AND TAKE WHAT WE OWE THEM.






Gee under the present administration oil has gone up 300% housing value has gone down 30 to 60%. So it makes perfect sense ton vote that same party in so oil can go up another 300% and housing can drop another 30 to 60%. Wake up people.
So why did Republicans consistently vote against getting oil out of the strategic reserve which has shown in the past to lower gas prices??





Hmmm? Who the do the Republicans work for when they constantly are supporting big oil's profits?
No.


The answer to oil problems is change our fuel source, not drill more.


Think about Al Gore's challenge to change to clean energy within 10 years.


Vote for someone that's going to do that.


Clean energy all the way.
yes we should vote for the people to represent US that will do the will of the majority. we need ppl that will stand their ground and fight for what is best for the people...
Drilling is nothing but a gimmick that will not solve the underlying problem that is an addiction to oil.
I am so sick of the words ';change'; and ';hope';. These words have lost all meaning. Give me some substance, please.
We don't need to drill; we just need properly inflated tires. I'm not joking; it's true.
yes.

Cuba will be drilling for oil in the gulf next year. Will they be taking all our oil?

How do you feel about cuba sucking all our oil out from under us? What does it take for congress to see where this will leave us? We are turning into a nation who instead of leading the world is being left behind.Cuba will be drilling for oil in the gulf next year. Will they be taking all our oil?
You correct,





Cuba itself will not be drilling for oil, it will be the Chinese who made the agreement with Cuba to let them drill off the Cuban coast. Yes this oil could be ours





The Mexican government is drilling in the Gulf, yes this oil could be ours





The Democratics in congress has banned the US from drilling off the Coast of Florida, so with the agreement with Cuba, the Chinese will be drilling





The Democrats also banned the expansion of drilling in the Gulf, so the Mexicans are going to expand





The Liberals are making the US, not only dependent of foreign oil, but they are forcing us to pay big bucks to foreign countries at the expense of the American citizens





The greatest enemy facing our country today is not terrorism nor is it coming from foreign soil it鈥檚 living among us in the form LiberalismCuba will be drilling for oil in the gulf next year. Will they be taking all our oil?
They will be drilling in international waters meaning its not our oil. Also once again I will say that 80% of federal land is open to oil companies to drill on and they aren't even drilling on 1/2 of that. As for off shore drilling the head of the oil institute on Sunday said when asked about there lack of drilling said they have every drilling rig there is drilling and he can't magically produce more so ask yourself why do they need more places to drill when they aren't drilling in the places they can now.
Because, they managed to put all green-hugging nuts in jails.





The same way it is OK to ask Saudi-Arabia to produce more oil with full desregard to ';environmental problems with mother Earth, but is not OK to drill here. Like we have two planets, one for tree-hugging nuts, another one for the rest of the world
Here`s how I feel about it !. The only way you will ever get Congress to stand up for the American citizens is to require them to live as middle class citizens do ! No more self anointed pay raises at will ; No more pension`s of the astronomical amount`s they get now ; work the hour`s the middle class does on a yearly basis ; cut out their expense account`s so they pay their own way just like we do !! If all this happens , you will see an immediate change in attitude toward drilling anywhere we can !!
Our so called president has said we should start drilling for our own. And Florida has said that they would prefer for us not too. As they are afraid that it would stain their beaches. So we need to drill we have plenty of chances in Alaska and up and down the coasts. So we should be we need a President who will do right and Bush is not that man. So we will see. Cuba is stuck in their own rut and we do not need to help them. But then who knows. We need a Congress that will stand up for us.
Would you care to provide us all with a map of the area along with the location of the oil fields in question so that we can all get a better idea of where ';us '; ends and ';them ';begins.


If the oil fields are in Cuban territorial waters then we don't really have much say in the matter do we ?
Its only our oil if we claim it; so it must not be ours.


Thanks to the tree hugger liberals, we haven't claimed it.


As a country we need to move forward in all areas of energy.


This Democratic Congress is bringing our country down, down, down.
You are right; this is the left swapping the actual truth for half-truths. It is true; they are drilling the gulf at this very minute.








It hadn鈥檛 started when Cheney said it; so therefore to the left it was completely false.
The Gulf of Mexico does not belong to us, it's international waters and the oil goes to whoever gets it first. And we have a record number of rigs operating there right now with more planned soon.
LOL Cheney told the truth when he got caught lying about Cuba. Cuba gets her oil from Russia. Cuba doesn't have any thing to do with drilling for oil. They don't have the money.
Cuba and China. Guess the American people don't matter anymore; we'll just give it all away and watch our country go down the tubes. Obama's ';change'; finally explained.
Cuba will be drilling with China's help, and they will take as much as they are able.
Perhaps we are being left behind because we are too busy tearing each other down.
Call your senator and congress person and demand!! that they vote to use our own resources!!
That will be just one more dictator we can contend with.


I'm sure libs are okay with that but, I'm not.
They're waiting until it gets to $5.00 and then they will start. It's all a money game.
Are they drinking our milkshake?
BS first off i don't believe this propaganda put out by fox news who by the way retracted this same comment because it was found out by the real media to be false reporting .
It's not ';our oil';. It's just as much their gulf as ours'.
Yes, we are going to pay for Bush's war while Raoul Castro ';drinks our milkshake';.