[snag_matic]

It doesn't matter how much oil we have or could get with better technology. We will always be dependant on foreign oil because we are plauged with enviro-nazis. Imagine if the wells in Alaska and The Mideast are somehow linked though an underground channel. They could be draining OUR oil because we refuse to develop it ourself.

[FreeAtlanta]

That could be true. It would be sad, if we are losing our oil to a bunch of hate filled loons because of our hate filled loons.

[Alberta's Child]

We will always be dependant on foreign oil because we are plauged with enviro-nazis.

Actually, most of the places that the enviro-nazis have managed to close off to oil exploration are not feasible for drilling anyway. The major problem in the U.S. is that the cost of extracting oil is very high compared to most other places, due to a strong dollar, high labor costs, etc. An article posted here last week, for example, indicated that it wouldn't make sense to drill in ANWR unless oil was trading at $25 to $30 per barrel on a long-term basis.

Saudi oil is particularly cheap because it is much purer than other sources and therefore doesn't need to be refined as much.

[lavaroise]

I think there are fault lines that prevent that. However taking their oil is effectively paying a tax to them. The pipeline lays at the State Department and the DNC.