Originally Posted by MellowGold
We should NOT be looking for more oil at this point. We should be spending money on developing alternative, renewable sources of power. Oil is NOT an unlimited resource. Digging for even more now will do nothing but postpone our eventual switch to a different souce of power. If we do it now, maybe we will save some environmental damage, not to mention the fact that we can become less reliant on the Middle East.
As long as this country depends on oil we need to develop our own sources to increase our own domestic supply rather than compete with India & China who are thirsty for it like there is no tomorrow. You are correct about developing alternative, cleaner energy sources, however, for the time being the two need to happen in parallel.