This is the reason why we have to drill and use alternative energy sources,this guy wouldn’t dare say this if they didn’t have the world in bondage over oil! We have done nothing in 30 years and our government should all be fired!
With all due respect, FRiend, that attitude is part of the problem.
(1) "done nothing" is completely untrue.
Drive through West Texas, Oklahoma etc and you will see BOOMING oil production ON PRIVATE LAND. New wells left and right. Additionally, the Barnett shale around Ft Worth is being hammered so hard, that they are drilling in the PARKING LOTS of the University of Texas at Arlington for natural gas!
Not to mention the Bakken fields and elsewhere, IOW ....supply has kept up with demand.
(2) "Done nothing" is greatly preferred to the "we" you imply when you say "our government should all be fired!" The less "our government" meddles, the better off we'll be. ANWR and "public land" drilling just gives the congress an addicting taste of PEMEX and nationalized oil. When the Feds start basking in the royalties off those wells, hell, why not nationalize the private ones?
The best we can hope from the federal government is to ease permitting for refineries and such, and the first one in 30 years was just approved in the Dakotas...but I'd gladly pay taxes to keep congress in a nice salary if they'd just promise to go on vacation and do NO MORE HARM.