1. A hundred or so of these off the shores of Florida, California, and Georgia won't even be noticed by most Americans. It's not like they are placed 5 miles off shore and are visible.
2. The oil companies only need access to 2,000 acres at ANWAR in order to drill! Using slant drilling techniques, they can go miles in each direction.
The real reasons are two fold why the Democrats will resist domestic drilling:
A. They want the economy and the American people to suffer up through the fall elections in the hopes that further suffering will translate to votes for them because they know the MSM will put all the blame solely on Republicans.
B. The Democrats are slaves to the radical "Environmentalist" religion.
Remember to only use your one square of toilet paper today.