So how much will this cause gasoline prices to rise?
Don't we mean "prises to fall?"
Environmentalists and SUV drivers have been the biggest energy hogs in this nation.
Environmental wackos prevent the drilling of oil off Ventura, Calif, just so they can have tar balls on the beach -- the oil naturally seeps through earthquake faults in the Ventura Beach area.
So it would a smart thing to pump the oil out, instead of letting it get into the environment.
But to Californians, earthquake faults are more environmentally friendly than oil wells...