"J. Clarke" wrote:


Drill where? The only undrilled place in the US with proven reserve
is
the Strategic Oil Reserve, which is there in case of a
survival-of-the-nation need such as WWII. Drilling there in the
absence of such need (and keeping oil prices down for another few
years is not such a need) is not a solution to any problem.

The solution, which will take decades to implement, is to QUIT USING
OIL. The utility industry had a _good_ start on it in the '60s,
then
the environmental whackos shut that down. The Navy the same but
Congress was more interested in cutting purchase costs than
life-cycle
costs so that ended.


If a way can be found to clean up coal, we will have gone a long way
toward solving the energy problem.

Lew