[sickoflibs]

My conclusion was this was just more of Karl Rove trading short term political gain (signing a bipartition bill with democrats) for long term political disaster. In this case, ethanol without domestic drilling, anybody see a trade deficit? Add this to No Child, Free drugs for seniors, and almost immigration reform. Democrats get to throw blame for all the bad effects on, guess who? Bush!

[tobyhill]

Exactly. No matter how this “alternative energy” is cut it won’t do a thing for the short term without drilling or refinery expansion. Even if congress signs into law expanded drilling off the coast, ANWR or any other restricted areas and expanded refineries or even new refineries we’re looking at a minimum of 3 years to get any product to market. Freezing the filling of the SPR now may put 70,000 barrels a day on the market but it won’t even make a dent in the needed supplies nor the rising prices.