Recent reports of a huge oil field in the area of North and South Dakota and Montana must be depressing to Democrats and greenies. Some are speculating that with modern horizontal drilling technology, the Bakken Trend might yield 200 billion barrels, about as much as the reserves of Saudi Arabia. There are also reports of 50 billion barrels recoverable with modern technology off the coast of Mexico. The problem there is that Mexico doesn't have the technology, and refuses to deal with American companies that have it. The Democrats and Greenies have been working hard to prevent drilling in ANWR and in coastal regions, and in limiting production from oil sands in Canada, and shale oil in Colorado. I wonder what schemes the Democrats and the Greenies are hatching to prevent future drilling inside the continental US. One plan is to get the polar bears declared and endangered species based on flawed science, after which they can sue to stop burning fossil fuels. If that fails they will need a new plan.