[wastedyears]

Drill ANWR and North Dakota.

Enough farting around

[Hodar]

For fear of oil spills, as of 2008, the U.S. federal government and various states ban drilling in thousands upon thousands of square miles off the U.S. coast.

As many of these sites are outside the 12 mile limit; they are in international water. Maybe we can get China to drill there, so we can buy that oil from China... I mean, if we are stupid enough to ignore oil right off our shores, in international waters; because we are afraid of environmental wackos - don't we deserve to be in this mess?

[Wonder Warthog]

"To wit: Of the roughly 3,700 offshore oil productions platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, roughly 3,200 lie off the Louisiana coast."

And oil spill prevention technology was a lot worse when most of the Louisiana off-shore wells were drilled and started production. If the eco-nutcase Europeans think the spill prevention technology is safe enough to allow offshore drilling in the North Sea (a body of water far more "tempestuous" than any US coastal water), then it's certainly safe enough to drill off the "delicate" coastlines of California and Florida.

[2harddrive]

I shouldn’t HAVE to say it again, but to reduce oil prices:
1) Decriminalize Atlantic coast drilling,
2) Decriminalize Pacific coast drilling,
3) Decriminalize ANWR drilling,
4) Decriminaize Florida Gulfcoast drilling,
5) Wait 10 years, and
6) Raise the value of the dollar in world currency markets.

[Blood of Tyrants]

What? And HELP the US? Why the hell would the ‘Rats want to do that?

[airborne]

** “But it will take at least 5 years before it will make a difference!” **

BTW, that’s the same excuse they used 5 years ago!

And 10 years ago!

And 15 years ago!

[Libloather]

This leaves America's energy needs increasingly at the mercy of despots and maniacs.

America will pay for having RATS in charge.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Folks there is no shortage of oil we have plenty of our own. Checkout the Lindsey williams Video on google and you tube.

We are being hoodwinked and our gubberment is in on it.

[Thumper1960]

If President Gonads were elected.........order drilling at any site, mass arrests and hospitalizations of liberals (for mental illness), closed borders and deportations without adjudications.

Nice dreams. No relation to reality.

[backhoe]

When I first started compiling this gas was US $1.45 a gallon:

Sticker Shock-$3 a gallon gas? Click the picture:

And I still stand by my vest-pocket summary:

I've been saying for years the way to revive and restore the economy ( and it would have headed off these oil price problems as well ) was to-
1- drill for gas & oil like crazy- onshore, offshore, and in Alaska
2- go nuclear for power
3- convert stationary plants to clean coal technology
4- slash taxes and regulations like crazy