We should push forward with off shore drilling. The GOP wants to drill. The Democrats want to protect the environment. They could work together allowing drilling while not harming the environment.

Think back to the summer of 2008. Gas was over $4 per gallon and the public wanted action. The Democrats opened up the possibility of off-shore drilling and President Bush signed a law making it possible.  A housing market crash soon followed (probably not unrelated) and then a deep recession. Off-shore drilling has left the radar screen.

Eventually, our economy will recover. We will need more oil when it does, and what we will find is that Interior Department has done nothing about the problem we know exists. High energy prices will be a damper on economic growth…growth that could help us pay down some of the massive debt we have piled up in the last  year and half.

Off shore rigs don’t go up overnight…especially ones that built with environmental sensitivity in mind. It will be too late if we wait until gas hits $4 per gallon again.

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