I’m a Democrat, but I’m ashamed of my party for the type of garbage it’s spewing in D.C., blaming oil companies for the mess we’re in. They’re a convenient target in an election year, but blaming them is not a solution to the problem at hand. Indeed, the oil executive who spoke was right: U.S. oil production has steadily fallen for almost 40 years, and much of this is due to restrictions on drilling.
Posted by: Dan

Yes, Democrats are morons, in any year. Democrats have blocked the major domestic [offshore] drilling sites for over 30 years. They continue to do so, because they are morons.

I’m not sure how much U.S. oil is currently off limits to exploration,
Posted by: Dan

Lots. Even the Chinese are drilling there.

and it may be too late now for this oil to help much, because it would take decades to explore and develop. Lack of foresight by both parties – including Republican presidents like Ronald Reagan who told us we could do away with energy efficiency and oil alternatives and live off of imported oil in perpetuity, has left this country in a major fix.
Posted by: Dan

Why restrict supply? What a stupid line of reasoning “Oh it won’t help anyway…” Yes it will, and you don’t know that. Unbelievable stupidity.

I don’t recall Reagan ever making the statement “We can live off imported oil in perpetuity.” That is false.

A combination of better energy efficiency of the kind touted by President Carter,…
Posted by: Dan

Yeah, he did real well.

…combined with better access to new sources of domestic oil that Democrats (and some Republicans, particularly in states like Florida with its NIMBY policy toward off-shore drilling) prohibited, would have led to a better outcome. We’d be less dependent on oil, and would have more oil of our own to take care of our lesser needs.
Posted by: Dan

Wrong. The price of oil should theoretically be lower, causing greater “reliance” on it.

Dan, please think before posting. You’re not much in the analysis department, and you obviously have never studied economics. You’re a Democrat, so you get a mulligan the first go-around.

I’m not sure how much U.S. oil is currently off limits to exploration, and it may be too late now for this oil to help much, because it would take decades to explore and develop. Lack of foresight by both parties – including Republican presidents like Ronald Reagan who told us we could do away with energy efficiency and oil alternatives and live off of imported oil in perpetuity, has left this country in a major fix.

A combination of better energy efficiency of the kind touted by President Carter, combined with better access to new sources of domestic oil that Democrats (and some Republicans, particularly in states like Florida with its NIMBY policy toward off-shore drilling) prohibited, would have led to a better outcome. We’d be less dependent on oil, and would have more oil of our own to take care of our lesser needs.

I just posted something about this on my blog:
http://ragnard.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/massive-loot-grab/

Yes, prices are high, but pumping oil out of the US isn’t gonna fix that, and we’re not going to ever be ‘energy independent’. So let’s just give up that stupid fantasy. Let’s just let things work themselves out. The only thing I’m really against is government stepping in to do stupid stuff like subsidize oil prices, or punish oil companies with idiotic taxes.

Ethanol is Cheaper than Blood!

Unfortunately for Ms. Waters, she broke the rule that all Liberals follow. That is: Write it, whisper it, vote it, want it, but never say it out loud. Now, What is it? “It” is the complete socialization and nationalization of all commerce in the US, not to mention the enslavement of everyone, except for our ruler, her.

Unfortunately for Ms. Waters, she broke the rule that all Liberals follow. That is: Write it, whisper it, vote it, want it, but never say it out loud. Now, What is it? “It” is the complete socialization and nationalization of all commerce in the US, not to mention the enslavement of everyone, except for our ruler, her.

Unfortunately for Ms. Waters, she broke the rule that all Liberals follow. That is: Write it, whisper it, vote it, want it, but never say it out loud. Now, What is it? “It” is the complete socialization and nationalization of all commerce in the US, not to mention the enslavement of everyone, except for our ruler, her.

Unfortunately for Ms. Waters, she broke the rule that all Liberals follow. That is: Write it, whisper it, vote it, want it, but never say it out loud. Now, What is it? “It” is the complete socialization and nationalization of all commerce in the US, not to mention the enslavement of everyone, except for our ruler, her.