There is a lot of talk about drilling for oil these days. Basically Democrats do not want to drill in the US for reasons that are not clear. The only logical reason would be that they believe that CO2 emissions are destroying the world, but most of them don't say that. They also seem to be willing to have the US power diminished to reduce oil consumption. They have organized to prevent drilling in the US or off of the coast of the US using regulations and lawsuits that mostly have a bogus basis. Here is an opinion piece on this subject by Roy Innis and Newt Gingrich.

http://townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnisandNewtGingrich/2008/08/17/idle_leases_-_or_addled_minds?page=full&comments=true