yall still do not seem to understand that the possible daily rate of extraction is what matters, not “proven reserves”. The production of oil from any given source follows a bell curve, with production ramping up slowly in the beginning, peaking out for a usually predetermined amount of time, and then waning. Just because you have 1.5 trillion in reserves does not mean you can do a linear math equation and figure a constant extraction rate. OK, so lets make a few specific points here, since some of yall are stuck on grammar but cannot spell for shit.

1. Oil shale production’s DAILY EXTRACTION RATES can not meet daily oil needs here in the US. research it, and you shall find. this is not to say that they could not supplement our needs(marginally), but at what cost to the environment and long-term objectives to diversify energy supplies? max daily extraction +-2 million Barrels per day

2. Offshore oil production’s daily rates of extraction could be ramped up, but not to the level you expect. to go through this and prove here would be ridiculous, so i encourage all yall to research it IN_DEPTH on your own. max production 1.5 million barrels per day(MBPD)

3. Anwr(800,000MBPD) at its peak production rate, and other on-land production could add another 2 MBPD to the total.

the bakken formation now provides 100,000 barrels per day.
we use 21 MILLION barrels per day
the bakken formation is not capable of producing more than 300,000 barrels per day (according to OIL companies and the BUsh Admin)
4. that amounts to 0.7% of daily oil needs here in the US.
4. this production (all together-anwr, bakken, onshore and offshore domestic supplies) MAX 5-7 MBPD!! could not come online and be operating at peak levels for at least 5 to ten years.

5. this would bring our domestic production to a whopping 10 million barrels per day!!, and that is not considering a production decrease in existing wells, nor increasing worldwide demand for Arab oil (and the resulting decrease in our supply), or any major disruption in the flow of 85 MILLION barrels per day which supply our world.

6. so dana patricia, eddie handleup, and pat graytick, yall still suck and you are deluding yourselves.

7. have a great day, driving home, in all that traffic, stuck in believing that its all the democrats fault that you drive a suburban BY YOURSELF to and from work in between downtown and sugarland. dipshit.

2. waaaahhhh!!! the democrats!!!!!! waaahhhhhh!!!! environmentalists!!!!! waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!speculators!!!! waaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! high oil prices!!!!!!! waahahhhh!! the truth!!!!!!!

3. you guys are way to witty for me. i mean, i’m so stimulated by your comments, i have to drink a cup of coffee, let the brilliance sink in, ya know?

4. how bout this………short-to-medium-term?
1.we continue on with domestic oil production,
2.encourage conservation of supplies,
3.give massive market and tax incentives to development of alternative fuels.
4.establish tax breaks for car companies which improve fuel efficiency.
5. massively increase federal funding of mass transit sytem development in major cities and provide for the quadrupling in capacity of our rail networks (freight and passenger)-which, by the way, the federal goverment spent only 10 billion dollars on in eight years!!!! thats TEN BILLION over an eight year period!!!!!! we spend that amount in ONE MONTH in Iraq operations!!!!! the short-sightedness is baffling, boggling, bemoaning, and bewildering

so there’s something. but listen, these problems(energy supply, education, health care, the environment, the economy, terrorism{and its sources}) are all part of the same equation! If we start to put superior solutions in place, the US can remain in place as a world leader(the world is no longer unipolar, people), and contribute to the progress of humanity.

ps-dont go cursing speculators, the dems, libs, al gore, et cetera while in your SUV on I10 heading into town in the morning zipping along at 5 miles an hour with your brakelights flashing more often than not. BUY A HYBRID, GET A PLUGIN(when they”re available next year), TAKE METRO, DEMAND BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-AND USE IT!!, DONT DRIVE AN ARMORED HUMVEE, or shut up.people, when are ya gonna learn??? extra drilling isnt gonna save ya this time!!! and i laugh, and scoff, and ride my bike and take metro. awwwwwwwww, guys, im so sad for yall.