I don't think so, but even if it did, it would help our balance of trade, so it'd still be a good thing.
Secret Is Out 4243Gee whiz, I've known that for as long as I've been driving. Well, after the prices went back above $1-gal anyhow. The tree-huggers will not let...
Oh, here we go again. We have to punish the oil companies, impede their progress however possible, and... to what end? What advantage do we get by hating the oil companies, and working to their detriment?
Bush speech on energy policy today 4244Are you implying people wouldn't want to buy a fuel efficient car or truck? Here's how hybrids current work in the auto industry. For every Ford Escape Hybrid...
They're trying to bring us the oil gasoline we need!!!! We should do everything we can to help 'em do it, because we need the gasoline.
How can something so simple have any dispute?
Say what????
But if we're developing our own oil, then we won't have to trade for as much as we produce on the global market. IOW, we can back out of the global market to some extent. That would be a good thing! If we could just find more on our own soil, we could make the situation that much better. Find a way to develop our shale oil cheaply - we can back further out of the global market. Figure out a way to get cars running at 80 miles per gallon. Maybe we could get out of importing oil entirely. Figure out how to run cars on nuclear energy. Maybe we could get out of importing oil entirely. That would be a good thing!
Dave Head