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We get more oil from Canada or Mexico than anywhere in the Mid-East. Only one (Saudi Arabia) in the top five countries that supply our oil is Middle-Eastern. Furthermore increased domestic drilling is not going to help lower the cost of your gasoline. Projected savings at the pump with successful additional drilling is $0.02 a gallon. This savings would be effective roughly in the year 2025.
The more self sufficient we become as far as our energy needs then we would not be affetced as bad by what goes on in the world. If we get our own oil who cares what happens in the rest of the world? I think if we started sinking some new wells NOW and started building new refineries you would see a drop in the price of crude now. We also are sitting on top of the worlds largest coal reserve..ever hear of coal gasification? The pentagon already has coal gasification plants built to fuel our military in a crisis. Imagine if the money we send to other countries were to stay in the US what our economy would be like. It would be BOOMING. DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW! Just my 2 cents.