Originally Posted by mulp

We can deduce from the comments of conservatives who call for more drilling on the land of the American people, and paying oil companies to extract the oil owned by the American people without paying for the oil owned by the American people, that conservatives believe the law of supply and demand will increase the supply of oil.

A physicist believes the only way you can increase the quantity of matter is by converting energy into matter.

Who is correct on the theory of the quantity of oil?

- The conservative economist who believes raising the price and government subsidies will increase the quantity of oil?
- Or the physicist who believes burning fossil matter converts matter to energy and increasing the price of matter isn't going to convert energy to matter?