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Originally Posted by Army_of_One  Yup...and there are no hurricanes in Alaska. The Dems want to talk about "energy independence" but won't let the drilling happen in Anwar. (not that it would answer our problems...but hey...it would help)
They (Liberals) also handcuff oil companies building new refineries and drilling new oil wells because of EPA standards. Again...if it helps America the liberals are against it. Same song...same dance.. | None of that really helps America in the long run. All it would do would be to make oil execs even more money because they wouldn't have as far to ship it.
Drilling for oil is a waste of time. Money needs to go into real R&D of viable alternatives instead of deepening the reliance on oil. Pumping new wells under US control would only be a stop gap measure like the ethanol fad. Once people see it's not really helping but hurting they will want something better.
The key isn't finding a few more barrels here but using technology to replace the need for oil not create a false sense of security for a short time.
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