With gasoline and oil prices high for Americans, it is unreasonable that we remain so heavily dependent upon sometimes unreliable and expensive foreign oil.
Why don’t we drill for more known American oil and natural gas resources off our shores?
Unfortunately, some presidents and members of Congress have imposed unreasonable and unnecessary limits on us over the years.
Now, nobody wants any environmentally objectionable “oil leaks” from offshore drilling. And it is not desirable to drill so close to shores that there would be unsightly situations. But there are no good reasons not to drill carefully for more American oil in seas out of sight of our shores.
Although it recently was announced that some limited areas off the coasts of North Carolina, Virginia, Florida and Alaska will be opened to produce oil and natural gas, large Alaskan offshore areas, all of our Pacific Coast and some other oil-available locations remain closed.