While drilling and exploration here will not likely end our need for import oil,it will be a repreive and and give us more pull on world prices when we can
choose when and if to buy oil from the middle east.though it might be too late.We need alternative fuels but what about the here and now.The American economy is deeply dependant
on our mobiltyand reasonable fuel prices.Oil is again used for so many things,and developing other means of powering our vehicles while necessary
seems so far away.When the switch is finally made to hydrogen/electric, etc
you can bet the oil companies will be all right with the old cars running on
$6-7 gal gas