That's the card they should play. Demand drilling on our soil.
Remember when $350/gallon gas was a sign of the apocalypse?
I agree the Fuel costs and “Drill baby drill” should be on the top of their concerns.
The issue seems to run much deeper.
We are living in a world pushed to “maximum efficiency”. Truckers feel the impact of “Just in Time” delivery. Bankers feel the pressure to maximize any and all profit. It is a system that works great when there are no surprises.
But a system that is on eggshells.
I think that is their point.
On a side note; Just today I was talking to a UPS driver about the “rules” and “protocols” they are required to follow. He told me that last Christmas season they told all their drivers that they wanted them to put on their seat belt “before” they started the engine, they had calculated that this step alone would save the company well over a million dollars per year in fuel costs.
Maximum efficiency.