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Do you know the history of oil exploration on the east coast?
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/offshore/atlocs/atlocs.html
Actually, it looks like 51 exploratory wells were drilled in the 70s and 80s five found natural gas and/or condensate. (What the heck is condensate). Anyway they were abandon as not commercially viable?
Do you know where the lowest projected reserves in the country are?
Could [...]

…So in 1973, we said we should get off dependency to foreign oil and drill in our own land. We said we needed more technology like battery cars, hydrogen and ethenol, nuclear, wind, solar, yet today we are still facing the same old problem with the same old solutions. Eventually, back in 1973, we [...]

WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil — about a three-day supply — from the national stockpile.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_co/congress_energy;_ylt=AiqH_gP7nLKWRdX7ZsCrF3ys0NUE
They keep claiming that drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf will bring immediate relief–but as the [...]

Pelosi asks president to quit stock piling oil & gas. This is totally stupid it will mean nothing at all. The congress needs to address imediate drilling off shore and in ANWAR this needs to be sent directly to the refineries that are now in operation and take the place of foreign oil then consider [...]

Forget the tree huggers for one minute and think about what is more important at this time. Saving a tree or only paying 3.50 for a gallon of gas. you be the judge. I call for a protest in DC against congress for not being there for the American people when we need them the [...]

The price of gas is rising everyday and the DEM led Congress has just voted "No" to the US drilling for oil to lower gas prices. What are these morons thinking? Perhaps it is time we threw the DEMS overboard and elected new people.

It is apparent that they want low supply. At the same time, the goons blame Oil companies and speculators when the LIBS are the problem!
When do presidents drill for oil? LOL!!
Who protests and obstructs oil drilling? DEMOCRATS
Democrats, protesting drilling for 20 years, and pointing fingers!
Bush has tried to open up [...]

Do we even know how much oil is out there and how much of an effect it will have on the lowering of the prices of gas?
Do we know how long it will take just to get ready and set up for oil drilling and how long it will take for Congress to pass a [...]

I stumbled on these two links yesterday while I was browsing Yahoo answers.
Please read at least the second one, its kind of a summary of the first, these explian the true reason oil and natural gas prices are so high. The first link was put out by the US Senate but ignored, by congress and [...]

This is concerning off shore drilling.
Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now
Wednesday June 18, 11:37 am ET
By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press Writer
With gas prices reaching record highs, Bush wants Congress to lift ban on offshore drilling
WASHINGTON (AP) — With gasoline topping a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing [...]

President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling and says Congress shouldn’t waste any more time! McCain made lifting the federal ban on offshore oil and gas development a key part of his energy plan.
So do you think our Democratic [...]

we keep hearing people complain about the price of gas and diesel and the fact that prices will only keep climbing. yet, these very same people are not demanding congress get off its brains and open up the entire country to more drilling for oil and natural gas. yes, id like to see development of [...]

Can anyone give me a legitimate reason why we dont allow drilling here?Dont hack the answer with the same canned stuff about the environment,how evil oil is to(the false) global warming.Why is it the house and senate dont want us to drill?
Oh and p.s……Its the oil companies spending the money for exploration,not the govt(but they [...]

The Democrat-led Congress promised that if elected 2 years ago they would lower the price of gas. Since their election the price of gas has doubled! NOW they won’t allow new drilling in the US which would substantially lower the price of gasoline at the pump. Alternative fuel is fine but the vast majority of [...]

If we remove Nancy Pelosi and most of the Democrats in the Congress and vote McCain… will we be able to get some oil at the Gulf?
And will it be something? I hope so. It is so sad to see America go down like this.
If we have OIL spill at the Gulf, [...]

This would prevent the severe price gouging that we have undergone with oil. Imagine if natural gas prices rose this much in winter! People would freeze to death.
OPEC says oil should only cost -, not over 0 a barrel. Why doesn’t congress step in and regulate the price? Are they getting [...]

You know here's a prediction, as soon as this gas price crisis starts hitting liberals in the wallet, they will miraculously forget about all their environmental "causes" and start begging congress to start letting oil companies drill in the U.S.