If we drilled in America (significantly), wouldn’t we also have to decide whether to restrict the consumption to America, or not? And would this decision be based on the market value of the oil, or on the political matter of energy independence? What if the oil companies didn’t want to restrict themselves to domestic sales?
One good (bad) Dem president and we’re looking at nationalization. :(
I would be deliriously happy to see the US put out as much oil as it uses, even if delivery logistics meant we shipped some abroad from some ports and imported an equal amount at other ports.