We are in this oil situation for all the reasons you just mentioned. The environmentalcases put into law many years ago the end of the things we relied on, then left no realistic options for the future. If we want to get OPEC out of it, we need to drill all these massive untapped wells in Alaska, western America, Canada, and offshore. Tree huggers banned it all. We DO in fact have enough oil to completely eliminate the Arabs, but if you want to worship a tree then global economic shut down is in order.
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good"
Sen. Hillary Clinton - Speech at Democratic Fundraiser, June 2004