Right on Amos.

We can't just "get off oil". We have to wean ourselves off of oil. We have autos, trucks, buses air liners, ships, home furnaces etc. that run off of oil. Are we just going to junk them and walk?

The first step is to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by drilling for more of own oil and conserving energy. We need to transition to alternative forms of energy like solar windmill, hydro, and hydrogen powered vehicles. I am not too sure about the hydrogen powered airliner though.

However change requires a few sacrifices like some windmills on the horizon. Norway gets 20% of their electricity from offshore windmills nowand they plan to get to 50% soon.

Who is smarter, Norway or us?

Will the Chinese and India not have any oil spills when drilling off of Florida?

Drilling will always result in some spills. Shit happens. just deal with it. If I had a choice between being a target of Jihad and oil spills, I'll take the oil spills.