[supercat]

Oil companies already hold leases on 68 million acres of federal lands that aren’t being drilled. If they were, the oil companies could produce an additional 4.8 million barrels of oil per day, nearly doubling U.S. oil production, cutting imports of foreign oil by one third, and far exceeding ANWR’s potential output.

What is Rep. Hall's source for such numbers? I'd tend to believe those who say those places don't have much useful oil over those who say they do.

[DJ MacWoW]

What is Rep. Hall's source for such numbers?

Probably Miz Nancy and Dem strategists.

Btw, did everyone see this?

Until the U.S. opens offshore oil drilling, it will be seen as the world's worst energy hypocrite

Indeed, the U.S. ban on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf was mentioned by three of the most powerful people in the global energy business: the head of OPEC; the chief executive of Brazil’s national oil company, Petrobras; and the Saudi oil minister. All of them said the United States should start drilling in its offshore areas.