Alaska Drillings

[antryg]

Which is why we should set up all the equipment to begin drilling (which takes years), and then NOT use it. So long as the rest of the world will sell us their oil, we should buy it. National security dictates being ready to be oil independent at a moment's notice, but national security also dictates not using finite resources that we own until we have to.[/QB]

Now why wasn't it smart when I said the same thing? : [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]

[Timber Loftis]

Originally posted by antryg: Now why wasn't it smart when I said the same thing? : [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]

It was. That's why it was worth repeating. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[Azred]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Which is why we should set up all the equipment to begin drilling (which takes years), and then NOT use it. So long as the rest of the world will sell us their oil, we should buy it. National security dictates being ready to be oil independent at a moment's notice, but national security also dictates not using finite resources that we own until we have to.

Now that is a compromise with which I can readily agree. However, it appears as if the battle over Alaskan drilling has been settled for now. I have no doubt it will come back soon, though. Oh, well....