Why aren't we drilling for oil?

[Jim in CT]

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Originally Posted by scottw

Ok genius, how much has oil production decreased in the last 6 months to drive prices up? That's what I thought. Also, point me to the info that shows that US oil production would alter gas prices more than 5%. Can't do that either, can you?

It's common sense, Zimmy, isn't it? Even if it was a quasi-government entity exploiting the oil here, it has to be cheaper than shipping it from the Midle East.

Zimmy, are you aware that the folks who run those countries are all multi-billionaires? Wouldn't it be better if all that money stayed here?

Are you really that dense? We export tens of billions of dollars every year to the Middle East. Do you not see any advantage to keeping that money here instead? No difference to you? None at all?