JIMBOB2's Blog

I agree with what all has been said. We need to drill for oil in our own back yard which there is plenty of oil to go around for us until we come up with an alternate source of energy that is affordable to all (and not just the rich). So what if the oil companies don't like it. They have been getting fat at our expense for decades and it is time for us to advance where we need to be.
Besides, there is enough oil just in Texas alone for the next 50 plus years.

While weare on the subject, we as Americans needs to take back America and quit allowing the politicians to run us in the ground as they are doing right now. With the raising cost of gasoline, has started a destructive domino effect that is breaking us down day by day.
As far as this war goes, it is time to bring all of our brave military back home and restrict all flights from any country that may be in question for another possible attack. Let them throw all the sand they want, just as long as they stay over there and we do not supply them with the education to do anymore damage, just growing crops, families and living. So what if they do not like our way of living. We do not impose our lifestyle on them, so they need to get over it.

10-4 DW45....If we didn't need Middle East oil you would be surprised how quick that mess over there would "straighten" out.Some people are spending too much time hugging trees and protecting owls.That makes 2 groups of stupid people.The tree huggers and the ones that got us over there for oil.Can we all just agree on stopping the killing and using our own resources ? Compromises have to be made.We can't have people getting killed over somebody else's oil when we have so much here.I'm all for the war against terror,I'd rather fight them somewhere else besides over here but I'm thinking controlling their oil is playing a big part in this.I believe the plan was to smooth Iraq's government out and control/protect the oil fields there by giving the U.S. a steady flow of oil.We have oil folks,our oil,and nobody has to die for it.

It seems to me that the Drill Here/Drill Now crowd forgets that we do actually drill here already. We produce 8 million barrels of oil a day. However, we consume 20 million barrels of oil each day. As our consumption of oil has increased our production of oil has decreased. Fuel efficiency and alternative energies are the cure to our problems. Also, major importer of oil is Canada, followed by Saudi Arabia, and Mexico.

Oil companies own large tracts of land with oil below it, but they do not tap it. Not because of any laws but because they want more land and more oil. They own a lot of land surrounding ANWAR but don't want to drill there. The reason we have a wildlife refugee is because we are causing a mass extinction, and we owe it to Nature, to God, to the future not to kill all of the animals.

We already have offshore drilling and it is in places that are less populated beaches and generally out of the path of hurricanes. What do you think will happen when we put hundred of oil rigs off the coast of Florida?

deaconheel you are correct it is not in the best interest of big oil to produce more oil than the demand calls for that would hurt their bottom end. Like I have said before unchecked greed would have big oil selling any new oil found inshore or offshore to the highest bidder so more drilling here and now would not reduce prices at the pump!

So to make a long story short....they're not drilling so as to keep the price jacked up and make more money and the Arabs are not producing to jack their price up and people die because of their greed but the government says we're there to help the people.And any hybrid/alternative power cost is beyond the average man's reach so he needs gas,buys gas and keeps the cycle going ?

Iran wouldn't stand a chance in a blockade.They know that but they're just trying to suck us into a confrontation,we're talking about the land of the suicide bomber and if that happened I'll bet some how,some way Israel would get popped in the process and that would be a mess.......We're not drilling so big oil and Saudi Arabia can control the flow and price of oil because that's the way we like it apparently......We are supposed to have the freedom of travel in this country,big interstate highways but you can travel only as much as you can afford the price of gas ruled by people outside this country.Because of the high price of gas they have resticted my freedom,they're controlling my travel in my own country,jacking the price up and making money.I say we increase solar and wind power,drill and anything else that can be done to become independent.As I've said before..wait till people start filling those oil drums...then you're going to hear some hell raised.

Deaconhill, yes we do drill SOME of our own but we're purposely being held away from places there's tons of untapped oil. In fact enough oil to supply OURSELVES for at least 6 decades even the environmental whackos admit to that being the case but say we can't because we might harm the environment. Modern drilling techniques are done in a very safe way how many oil tragedies do you hear coming from the places that do drill? very little if any.
So to answer you we do drill but are being stopped from drilling in alot of places and building more refineries.