Let's stop and think-We need to drill here at home?

Question

and s***w the Middle eastern oil.Keep our gas cars and life will go on as we have always know it, we can still get a new car every other year and fill it up with $2,17 a gal gas, Forget thr ethonol c**p and feed the pigs and hogs again. Back to norman.and the good ole'days again. Even the kids will love it/.

Answer 1

That is a bad idea.

First you have to know that almost all our oil comes from CANADA and MEXICO.  But that does not matter as the oil market is international.

Second, no matter how much oil we drill we will find way to waste it all.  So increasing supply does not work.  And we already have too much pollution and global warming.  So that's almost like pissing in your own bath water for an emergency.

The long term answer is to lower demand (by going alternative fuel and conservation).

Sorry to disappoint.

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Another thing you should know is that the oil prices started to rise because our (USA) economy was weak (weak economy = weak dollar).  But almost all the latest rise in crude prices (from about $100 to $140) are due to WALL STREET SPECULATOR (wall street greed) - not the middle east.

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But that does NOT mean we are powerless to do something.  We can start by running our cars effecient.   There are few thing you can do to save (or maximize) gas MPG. First get a tune-up.

(1) spark plugs

(2) spark plug wires

(3) distributors, coil, rotors (if you have them).

(4) new air filter

(5) PCV

(6) correct tire pressure

(7) clear the trunk of useless heavy items

(8) spray clean MAF sensor.

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Forget all those "SAVE GAS" scams.  This was on NBC morning TV show.   The difference is as much as 38% (their claim).  There are very simple rules to save gas:

(1) drive slow - not too much past 55

(2) accelerate slowly

(3) don't brake unnecessarily

(4) use cruise control - whenever it is safe to do so.

Don't coast - it is NOT safe and it does NOT save gas.

The above really works. Using those simple rules I was able to drive from Boston to NYC (210.5 miles) on just 5.112 gallon (94 Civic).  That's 41 MPG (94 Civic 187K miles).  Actually I was speeding at 72 MPH so I could do even better at 55.

WOW !!

Good Luck...

Answer 2

It cost the Arabs $2.00 a barrel to get it ready for shipping ! They charge $135.00 a barrel , for a profit of $133.00 per barrel ? In what part of this equation do the ignorant think that it is "big oil`s fault" for high gas prices ?? DRILL HERE ; DRILL NOW ; PAY LESS !

Answer 3

Yes ---- I heard a report today that if we drilled into our Alaskan Oil Reserves....we could pump & process a million barrels a day out of there.

Bill Clinton vetoed the idea back in 1995.

Obviously, the Oil is still there for the taking.

The only obstacle  now is to convince the " Green  Earth " extremists that unfortunately we may have to disrupt the nests of 9 owls if we do drill in Alaska.

Answer 4

If we told Saudis your on you own if Iran gets nukes they would drop the prices REAL quick and beg us to protect them like we did when Saddam Husein was in power

Answer 5

Well lets see if we were to domestically produce 1 million barrels more a day for example that would be 1 million less that we would have to import and we'd keep our money here in the US,but then again thats what I think and im not an elected official. Being non dependant in foreign oil by countries that dont really like us VS  drilling and telling them to f..k off and not worring about some gnat or mouse that has 3 eyelashes vs 4 is important to me.