Genie: You may well be right, but don't you feel that a comprehensive analysis of the probable amount of oil available there would be worth looking into? Suppose it's a supply of twenty-five or thirty years? Others have pointed out that drilling using modern technology does very little harm, if any at all, to the environment.

The problem I have with kat's point of view, and those that share her view, is I feel they would be willing to see things come to a complete standstill rather than extract more natural resources from our own territories. I don't question their motivation, I just don't believe they are viewing the current situatiion realistically. My opinion only of course.

We must free ourselves from dependence for oil from the mid-east.

DougR