SilverandSore
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This is an example of how drill, drill, drill won't work. We can produce more oil, but opec will just cut capacity to keep prices inflated. And the gentlemen above is correct, our oil companies will sell the oil at the current price, to whatever nation needs oil. It is not "our" oil.
Plug in hybrids will destroy demand if sold around the world.
So Hybrids are the answer but drilling isn't? That's ridiculous. Drilling can help for 2 reasons, one is that it increases the percentage of our oil going to the world market, making us a larger factor in the demand equation, two it keeps more money 'in house' lessening the overall impact of our reliance on foreign sources. Yes, OPEC may cut production to keep the overall supply the same, but again, our increases change the dynamics completely. Far more than a few hundred thousand hybrids taking to the road. But as most people realize, there are many parts to this equation. Why take something completely off the blocks when a combination of strategies will be more effective. More hybrids, more drilling, more wind, more nukes, etc.
If you can name ONE SINGLE reason why drilling more is bad, I'd love to hear it... Is it the environmental impact? That's hypocritical if we're talking about a global energy source, what, let others do it over there but not in my backyard? How arrogant. Seriously, what is the problem with drilling?