Let me put it in simple terms for you, when imported oil was cheap, drilling in this country was almost zilch. Why, decause the cost to drill was as much as the return. Now that oil is at an all time high every drilling rig in this country is drilling for oil. Not a problem the rigs when not being used are stored and used when it becomes advantageous to use them. Now, if the farmer was not subsidised and it was a free market and we allowed cheap imports of food, the farmer would soon go out of business since there would be little or no profit. No problem you say, well five years later because of disaster war or other reasons the imports stop, you cant just pull cows, pigs, farm equipment out of storage and start farming. It would take years to get our food supply up to where it would need to be. This is not a socialist idea, it is a security issue and our survival as a country could depend on it.
Sorry about the typo's, spell check is my friend, I know.
No, the real reason we don't drill for oil is the envio-nuts in the EPA and Congress won't let us.
The price arguement is just propaganda.