P.s. And if the inefficient national oil companies would let Exxon-BP-Chevron and others manage the oil production process, there would easily be enough oil for up to 100, 500 or even 1,000 years for Americans as well as other countries too.

"And if only shortsighted democrats and the environmental fanatics had let us drill in ANWR and off our coastlines, the US could once again regained its energy independence..."

I saw that one at the intrade forum recently. One guy seriously believed that the reason oil companies aren't finding all the giant oil fields on the US continental shelf is that their lobbyists are so impotent compared to the "powerful environmental lobby"!