Bah, $2 a gallon for gas isn't that expensive. Use the rest of the world's oil while it's cheap, then tap it.
:-)
You may actually have an extremely good point. As the middle east's reserves start to dwindle, having large remaining reserves in the US may put us at a huge advantage economically in the future.
And that goes for Alaskan oil too. It is great that it is there. We may need it some day. Just not today.
$2 a gallon for gas isn't that expensive.
on 4/21/05 you stated that $2 per gallon wasn't too much to pay. What do you think of the price today and how fast it got there from last year? If it keeps going up that fast it will be $7 in 2010!