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Originally Posted by Ace_O_Spades
Drilling a supply of oil which won't have any significant impact on the current fuel crisis at all, and in the process destroying habitat for all the furry creatures...
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This is the second time that this has been asserted in this thread without anything to back it up.
Opinions are one thing, this is a major point of contention. One that cannot be taken seriously if it is merely uttered with no corraborating information whatsoever.
This is simple. We need oil. Like it or not, we need the stuff.
The next question is where do we get it from? Do we rely on other nations that can potentially use the stuff to hold us hostage (i.e. late 70's) or do we tap any source that might decrease our dependence on someone other than oursleves?
How much it decreases our dependence is moot (and questionable).
I would support a measure that means we get 100 barrels less of oil a day from another country (yes, I am exaggerating, but you know what I mean).
We all want to complain about outsourcing jobs, losing money to other countries, etc. But, when we have the chance to increase our self-sufficiency, we don't want to do it.