Crude oil prices affect everything from plastic packaging to crop fertilizer, in addition to the transportation costs. If you look at a breakdown of all the things we get from a barrel of petroleum, I don't think our nation can operate without it, even if we we're able to eliminate it as a motor fuel.
I understand the need to be environmentally responsible, but for the families that are on the lowest economic wrung it's immoral for our representatives to go on vacation and let these people suffer. For someone to pretend to care about the poor but do nothing about increasing the oil supply? I'm not buying it. I say lift the restrictions and drill. We are the best in the world at getting oil out of the ground with the least environmental impact, let's get with it! |