This is just one more of those issues that when boiled down to it's simplest denominator. It comes down to what's good for big business and big money, and then the rest of us.

The oil barons would like us to believe that they are the only ones that can solve our energy problems. Just trust them to do what is best for the rest of us.

I agree, yes let's drill (starting with the areas we already have in the bag). While the oil barons are drilling and squeezing oil out of sand and rocks, let's also invest some real money in alternative energy and fuels. Why don't we, as a country, also place a deadline on the auto makers to get our country off the combustable engine in the next ten years.