1. We can't drill our way out of this. Which I don't understand, as basic economics tells us that if demand is outpacing supply, increase supply!
2. It will take ten years before that oil reaches the market. That's what they said about ANWR ten years ago! Meanwhile they say alternative energy is the solution, but no windmill is gonna power my Yukon!
And we need to hammer back at them...when will that become available? Two years ago you promised it, EPA just placed a 2 yr. moratorium on solar, and it will be another 4 years after that if it is even allowed to come to market. Oil, drill now...sure thing. Alternatives...?
Mika parrots Democrat talking points which have no substance.
The propaganda point being made is accept high prices. Shut up.
New refined talking point is that speculation is driving the price up.
If anything is going to take ten years (or more) to become available, it is so-called "alternative energy". This country has already spent years and poured billions into R&D for "alternative" energy, and today it still accounts for only a fraction of a percent of our total energy needs.
And how in the world are windmills going to have any effect on the price of transport fuels? Unless there is a large-scale development effort (which there isn't) to go to something like hydrogen or fuel cells or electric substitution, something that can be a transport agent for electricity, there is going to be zero effect of "alternative" fuels on gasoline prices, even after ten years.