Agh. I never post here, but now I must.
so lets destroy the coal industry...super. we dont need those jobs and energy source. what will we use instead?
Oh, yeah. The jobs. We can't afford to not have people working in horrible conditions and catching black lung and getting killed by cave-ins. We'd be getting rid of the ideal job, right? Besides, I don't think coal will be done away with, at least not just yet. Unfortunately, we rely on it.
But hell, if he wants to inch us away from being a coal-reliant country, good for him.
and of coursde everyone knows it takes years and investment to get a working rig on or off shore, but thats simplley what needs to be done..and its being done in our backyard..JUST NOT BY US, look at the gulf and who is drilling..Obama is the worst..
Do you understand that 30% of our oil production is done offshore already?
Also, let's not kid ourselves. Our own oil production isn't exactly extremely consequential to our amount of oil. We probably consume more than Europe combined, and possibly almost as much as Asia, but we don't produce nearly as much as other areas. Not even factoring in the difficulties we would face (it would take years, as you said yourself) I don't think we're looking at a major difference if we start even making attempts to drill offshore more than the 30% that we already do.