Originally Posted by areyoushittin'me?

I understand it wouldn't be our only source of supply...I merely use that figure to point out that the argument that "It's all the environmentalists fault" is not an argument based in reality, furthermore, not only would it take a long time to get the oil online, it would go into the world market.

Alternatives are the way to go...oil has so many other uses besides carting our sorry asses around producing smog.