Meanwhile, Brazil is drilling off their coast and finding huge reserves of oil that makes them beyond completely energy independant:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...e4013564.shtml
While here at home, we can thank the liberals/democrats for the following:
"It’s currently illegal to explore the Atlantic. It is illegal to explore the Pacific. It is illegal to explore the Eastern Gulf Of Mexico. It is illegal to explore Alaska and it is currently illegal to look for shale oil. Now, if you basically…and this is what makes the recent decision by the House to vote to sue OPEC an act of absolute childishness. If you’re not prepared to allow Americans in America to look for oil and gas in America, how can you have the arrogance to say to some foreign country they have to pump more of the stuff we’re not willing to pump?" --Newt Gingrich