[cherry]

good news then......onward with the threat of drilling!

notice today that OPEC was going to increase production....

I am all for drilling, reluctantly....I hate tearing up the Earth...but damn, we must have our own supply so these OPec monsters have a little competition...

I would also like us now to develop and maintain a productive energy supply, with increasing MPG on our vehicles, if that is what it takes....and can we finally get solar energy to be practical and affordable?

[bfree]

DRILL IT AND DRAIN IT!!!!!!!!!

[cksharks]

What earth are you reffering to when you say tearing up the Earth.

[naturalized]

[Jotmo]

I hate tearing up the Earth

Care to explain what you mean by that? Drilling for oil = "tearing up the earth"???

and can we finally get solar energy to be practical and affordable

There are just a few things holding back solar power from becoming "practical and affordable". Those being the laws of physics and thermodynamics. So until we figure out a way around them, the short answer is NO.

[skinkinthegrass]

notice today that OPEC was going to increase production....I am all for drilling, reluctantly....I hate tearing up the Earth...but damn, we must have our own supply so these OPec monsters have a little competition...

the answer is: Oil Shale and Tar Sands Oil production in North America...according to recent est.

[trickyricky]

"I hate tearing up the Earth..."

The Earth is just a big wet rock with resources on it and in it that we need.
Get that "Mother Earth" nonsense out of your head.

"and can we finally get solar energy to be practical and affordable?"

No, and we probably never will.