To drill or not to drill, that is the question.?

I just wonder why Dubya didnt get this email many years before you did.

He thought it was a better idea to invade another country to try and take their oil, why didnt anyone tell him to drill here 8-0 YEARS AGO?

Its all a buncha BS. We dont need to continue relying on oil unless we think millionaires should make more money.

Very Baconesque! Oil companies decide when and where to drill. Ted Stevens decides who gets the benefits. What we think seems to matter very little. To sleep....

What seems implicit behind this presentation is the hope that the sea of troubles will end and we won't have to make any sacrifices. We can just use it up for 41 years and let the next generation figure what to do. Burning all that fuel soon should help us keep the planet warm without oil. Maybe the next generation won't have to worry after all.

Check out theoildrum.com/node/3868 for an assessment of the value of this site. The knowledge of this basin is more than 50 years old and is the western shale oil companies talk about. How to produce it is a major problem. It is not conventional supply or recovery process.

We need to reduce foreign dependence this is just a fact. We are currently held hostage to a situation that could be very detrimental based on unstable forces in the world and burgeoning demand from countries like India and China. Now the question becomes how best to do this? I think most would admit that oil is not the long term solution and we must get serious about alternatives. However, the long term situation is only one part of the picture. The reality is that there are not yet viable alternatives available and there are not any on the immediate horizon. So do we allow ourselves to suffer greatly in the short term to stabilize the long term outlook? The answer is that average people will never accept this. So we must address the short term while embracing the necessity of the long term. How do we do this? The only way is to drill our own oil beginning immediately while also investing more aggressively in alternative research for future needs. Anyone who denies this fact is just not realistically assessing the overall situational requirements. If we do not find a way to satisfy our energy needs in a cost effective manner none of this will matter because our economy will collapse under the weight of infaltion.

I have a very simple solution to the whole to drill or not to drill issue. It's not permanent, but it'll make a big difference in the medium term. If Americans stop driving stupidly large engined SUVs and cars then they won't need as much fuel-see, I told you it was simple. What's the point in having a car with a 5 litre engine that has the fuel consumption of a 747, the acceleration of a glacier, and couldn't pull the skin off a custard? Amercians need to get the notion out of their heads that big engines=status. NOBODY needs a 5 or 6 litre engine.

Drill of course.

I believe it will make no difference how much oil is discovered at home until the corrupt politicians in Washington are replaced. The global elites in control of government WANT us dependent on foreign oil. It plays well for their global government agenda and, of course, gross profits can be repeated when oil is a scarcity.

Yes, I've heard of the Bakken formation. There's also 2 trillion barrels in oil shale and billions in deep water. I'm sure the ban is going to be lifted and we'll be able to get to our own oil soon. Pelosi just doesn't have a choice.

We must drill for our own oil. It is here, it is accessible, and it is ours for the taking. We do not need to transfer $700 billion to foreign governments, many of whom don't like us, to be energy self-sufficient.

The only thing stopping us from using our own resources are the fanatically stupid Democrats and Republicans with liberal views and wacko environmentalists. We need to let these people know how WE feel on this subject.

We know how to get this oil and gas and we know how to do it responsibly and safely. Write, call, email any and all members of Congress on this. Let all of your contacts know and encourage them to do the same. If you remain silent, you have no reason to complain. Don't be a Sheeple.

Interesting. I went to snopes to see if they had completed any research on this email and they are still working on it. I'd be inclined to be wary until it's verified, but if true...that's a spicy meatball.

If true, that would be great. but we still need more, we need to invalidate oil reducing it's market value to dirt to fight the entities we are currently engaged with.

So the alternative energy boom must and will continue

DRILL NOW!!

We have plenty here, but sadly the Democrats are controlled completely by the environmentalists