[Halfmanhalfamazing]

This map of the no zone is fantastic.

[swatbuznik]

Damn straight, we have more oil than OPEC!

Tangent: Now, is there some correlation between these oozy globs they’ve been seeing in the ocean and the untapped oil? I kind of wonder. If we drilled, might they cease? Hmmm? Me wonders....

[ClearCase_guy]

We have oil.
We have natural gas.
We have coal.
We have uranium.

The Democrats don't want us to use it.

[nomad]

Bookmarked for later info access,good find.

[Captain Beyond]

bump for later read

[peeps36]

I've been saying this for a while now. If we want to remain an economic powerhouse we have to develop our oil fields right now.

[familyop]

"For decades, Democrats have blocked efforts to responsibly develop this nation's energy resources,..."

BS. I've watched more Republicans than Democrats ban mining of uranium and drilling for oil in the West.

It's a shame that the only organization in Colorado in favor of uranium mining and oil drilling (Action 22) is mostly comprised of Democrats in Denver and Pueblo. The bipartisan rich on the Range are working as hard as they can against harvesting energy. They even outlaw private wind turbines in windy areas (building height limits, etc.).

Both parties lean to the left in their big-business-government partnerships and social perversions (feminism, etc.). Neither will get votes from me.

[IrishPennant]

When you look at the percentage of oil imported into the U.S. and realize Canada is the #1 imported and Mexico #2, you have to wonder why we even need to import any longer. FREE THE OIL!!!!

[parsifal]

Great news. Put a lot of people to work.

parsy

[AZLiberty]

... we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL! That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 2041 years straight.

Fact check: at 20M bbl/day, 500B bbl lasts about 70 years -- not too shabby, but not 2041 years. 2T bbl (mentioned later in the article) lasts about 270 years. Still, this gives us plenty of transition time.

[Mike Darancette]

The Liberal's worst nightmare is that we can become independent from foreign oil.

"I no longer care much about the science of global warming. To me, the central question, and the one that few are willing to discuss in depth, is: Then what? Fossil fuels now provide about 85% of the world's total energy needs. Even more important is this corollary: Increasing energy consumption equals higher living standards. Always. Everywhere. Given that fact, how can we expect the people of the world -- all 6.6 billion of them -- to use less energy? The short answer: we can't. The developed countries of the world can talk forever about the virtues of solar panels and windmills, but what the energy-poor need most are common fuels like kerosene, propane, and gasoline"
--Robert Bryce, Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence

[thouworm]

Also this today:

Energy crisis is postponed as new gas rescues the world
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360352/posts

“There has been a revolution in the gas fields of North America. Reserve estimates are rising sharply as technology unlocks unconventional resources,” he said.

This is almost unknown to the public...Rune Bjornson from Norway’s StatoilHydro said exploitable reserves are much greater than supposed just three years ago and may meet global gas needs for generations.

The US is leading the charge. Operations in Pennsylvania and Texas have already been sufficient to cut US imports of liquefied natural gas (LGN) from Trinidad