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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
You are talking about a drop in the bucket ten years down the road. It is such a small amount that even a miniscule increase in fuel economy standards would far outpace anything that you would gain from offshore drilling. Even T. Boone Pickens has said it's a farce, which is like Herm Edwards telling you that you are running the ball too much.
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The question you have to ask is: Will drilling now and accessing crude help in the near term? That answer should be Yes. We all know the long range answer is alternative energy sources but they are not ready now and will not be ready for some years to come.
Drill now? Yes. Continue working on alternative for the future, but for the immediate time we need to do something to offset the necessity of depending of others for as much of the oil we now use.