Sounds good, then. I guess a lingering concern would be the ability of politicians to not dig into the oil to save a few cents at the pump in an election year. But in any case, I'm not saying we should wait until it is too late, I'm just wondering if the threshold moment to drill is now.
never heard of "peak oil"? looks like the best guess is 2010 (the peak, not running dry). with no drop in demand foreseen, the recent increase in oil prices will look like a mole hill after production drops.
That graph makes it look like it is time to drill now. I'm arguing for sensibility, so if your argument is sensible then I probably will consider it.
I said drill now so that it becomes a resource, not just an umproven reserve. But it doesn't mean we need to produce it now. We can leave the oil in the ground until we need it badly. This gas-price crisis is minor compared to the oil shortages and sky-high prices that we will be facing in 30 years. That's when dependence on foreign oil could bankrupt the nation, not just inconvenience our drivers.
