I'm all for more drilling, more "in country oil production", etc.

It's mostly wishful thinking; the investment costs are enormous.
The "govt", regardless of 'party', is not helpful and is usually
a detriment, based on "regs", parochial agencies, bureaucracies
and bs.

The "great minds" are a wonderful thing; few, if any, reside in
the govt. Again, the investment costs are huge and the infra-
structure to deliver crude, is thin. Tack on the lack of refining
capabilities in the US, and it's a fookin quagmire.

I'm all for it, but it rings of rah-rah...into my seventh decade on
this globe and things are slow to change and "improvements"
are infrequent, imo.
BR,mD