Over the top super hyper economist Jim Kramer said on the Today Show this morning: "I'm a conservationist but it's time to start drilling." I agree and disagree with Mr. Kramer. We do need to start drilling in Alaska, off the FL coast, etc. but the time to start drilling was years ago. This is from a Sierra Club article written in 2001. "Bush officials would love to explore our protected wildlands too--with oil drills. President Bush has already expressed his eagerness to drill for oil in the biological heart of a national wildlife refuge in Alaska's Arctic. But why stop there? Administration officials and their Republican allies in Congress have been poring over maps of public lands in all 50 states with the zeal of a family planning its summer vacation--except that these guys are searching for places to plunk down oil and gas wells."
Who is to blame that we aren't drilling for more oil in our own country to lessen our dependency on foreign oil? The environmentalist wing of the Democratic Party, the same people who said we were going to war for oil.
Although we took a drive into the country on Sunday, we are watching our driving habits more closely now. I haven't driven for almost 3 weeks so that certainly helps the budget. I don't know if the V-8 Jeep Cherokee will leave the driveway again.
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Everybody's reducing their driving these days. Guess what happens then. . . Less demand, lower prices. Hmmm . . .
The very members of Congress that dragged the oil execs up to the Hill to rake them over the coals are the very reason there isn't enough gas to fill the demand. What blows me away is that Obama is for drilling and McCain wants to push for "alternative" sources
I guess Obama's right. We need more drilling because of the simple fact that the full-on utilization of alternative resources isn't commercially feasible enough.
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