We've been drilling for oil here in the USA for a hundred years. And we are still drilling here. But no matter how much we try to expand the drilling here, that would not satisfy demand. There is just not enough oil left in the US. The only way to reduce the need for foreign oil is for us to become more energy efficient, and to transition to other energy sources.Would liberals support drilling for oil here in the USA if it was the way to stop the importing of Arab oil?
More neo-con chickenhawk logic-the oil drilled for here would go on the world maket and not affect gas prices-it would only create a few more millionaires-they need to quit giving the oil industry ';billion dollar subsides'; the oil companies are our biggest ';welfare Queens.';
Perhaps, if there were enough oil in the US to make up for the Arab oil, which there isn't.
We have plenty of oil here in North America, the reserves are being sold to China to raise the price. The oil companies refuse to build any new refineries with their record profits and gouging. The Iraq oil is being pipe-lined to Israel too, this is under HUGE scrutiny bud, as everyone in North America is paying the difference. I live in Canada too by the way, and have duel citizenship. I'm from Indiana originally. I now receive the true news that isn't censored by the Bush Administration, but go figure...Ey
Well I suppose I am a liberal by your definition since I, like Jimmy Carter, think Bush is the worst President ever.
Apparently you are kinda misinformed though. A lot of oil gets drilled here in the USA and I, as a liberal, have no problem with that. Also, you are deluded if you think the USA has enough oil in the ground here to replace the oil we import, so the question is moot.
I am also for drilling oil in Alaska's nature preserves so long as laws are established that will actually protect the environment from utter destruction by ravenous oil corporations that have no regard for the environment.
Like above, the not in my back yard liberals would come out...also it would lose a valuable political posturing stance..if we eliminated dependency that they then can use to political advantage in blaming the opposing party.....
The problem with this is that it is only a short term answer and Republicans are great at short term fixes. Sure it would be great if that was a way to stop the importing of oil from Arab nations, unfortunately, I dont think that is the goal of this administration and its friends at Shell, BP, etc.
Sure..although we can drill all we want, but it won't help until we build enough refineries
If it would solve our long-term oil crisis, yes. The problem is that it won't. Look at ANWR - The U.S. Geological Survey estimates there are 3.2 billion barrels of oil there. This sounds like a lot, but we Americans are currently consuming 7.1 billion barrels a year. At best, ANWR would provide a six-month supply of oil. ANWR is not even remotely a solution for our energy problems.
Oil is a drug, and we Americans are addicts. We represent 4 percent of the world鈥檚 population, yet we consume 25 percent of the world鈥檚 oil production. In 1975 we imported 35 percent of our oil; we now purchase 54 percent from abroad, and unless we change our behavior, we will import 70 percent of our oil by 2025.
The only solution to our energy problems is conservation. There is much we could do to reduce our dependence on oil. Increasing average fuel efficiency to 39 miles a gallon, something we have the ability to do now, would save 51 billion barrels of oil over the next 50 years. This is 15 times more oil than we could get from ANWR. Our current fuel-efficiency standards are 25 years old and were written before we evolved into a nation of SUV drivers. This administration has created loopholes exempting vehicles weighing more than 8,500 pounds (such as the Hummer H2) from any fuel-efficiency standards whatsoever, and efforts to fund solar- and wind-energy programs have been repeatedly rejected.
If it meant we would never need to rely on Arab oil again, yes, I would support drilling in ANWR. It'll never happen...
if there was oil here
Why not?
yes and no. why do we need to drill more,it hasnt been stopped. in the 70s two presidents(from both parties)had good energy policies,they were both ignored. BTW. look into who got the alaska pipeline through
sure.
lets start in your back yard.
no, I think they would be more willing to support Bio fuels and renewable resouces, like alcohol based fuel,Bio-deisel, hydrogen, and electro hybreds
do you really think it's liberals blocking it? we are just the scape goat. The government is saving our supply so that when the rest of the world runs out.. we make a killing.
that's my opinion.
But I've never opposed a couple more wells.. so long as they don't go overboard.
no, this liberal wouldn't. it's clear that oil is a finite commodity. the preservation of our fast disappearing resources is of paramount importance. there are many other options for energy development and usage. monies should be spent by the government to hasten the develop the large scale creation and usage of alternative energy sources. of course, that would bring bush and company into conflict with their own oil interests.....
Most liberals are elitists who have plenty of money to buy gas at any price. They don't care one iota about common people like me. No they don't want drilling.
Dig away. It's not just tree huggers who don't want drilling. Some major campaign funders don't want it either. They make their monies on importing the product. They don't want to lose that money.
Many of the oil tycoons didn't get rich on digging in the USA.
When will people wake up and smell the stinch in thier own parties?
We could start GROWING oil any time we choose.
The diesel motor, because of its incredible compression, will run perfectly well on vegetable oil. In colder climates, you might need to use petrodiesel to get started and warm up the engine (and the vegetable oil tank), but in most of the US it would work fabulously if the supply chain weren't as spotty as it is.
Think about the industrial revitalization we could enjoy if we were to build that infrastructure, employ all of those farmers, engineers, fitters, chemists, and so on. We could end agricultural and petroleum subsidies, and begin transforming our society into an efficient, renewable diesel-based transportation system, and tell the ragheads to get fukt.
I would support driving a Magic School Bus if that was the way to avoid oil dependence. But, like your ridiculous premise, it's completely impossible, as other posters have pointed out.
Would anyone support alternative fuels to oil if we could come up with alternatives right now? Are we so addicted to oil that we have to have a fix every day or we are afraid something will happen to us if we don't? Alternatives would not only stop our dependance on foreign oil , we could sell the technology to others so they are not dependant on Arab oil and thus put Americans to work in the R %26amp; D and manufacture of such things. It would also help with people's conserns for the environment.
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