First, Don, it's not a debate. It's just a lot of people expressing opinions based, one would hope, on some research or knowledge of the subject, but more likely on emotion IMOH.

I assume you are implying that this whole energy problems is a result of republican shortsightedness. I don't think so. Seems to me that the republicans have been encouraging the U. S. to become less dependent on foreign suppliers of oil by drilling our own right here in the good old USofA, since the "Actor's" (as Kendall refers to him) administration, but the democrats, who are scared s--tl--s of the evironmental extremists, have blocked every effort to do so.

So, we have a huge increase in demand, but no way to provide what is needed, without paying through the nose for it. And folks don't like that either.

DougR