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The United States does not have enough oil.

“Drill Baby Drill” is based upon a mathematical fallacy.
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Drill Baby Drill seems awfully short-sighted for another reason to me.

Eventually, we are going to run out of oil on earth. Though we argue over when that’ll happen, everyone agrees that it will happen. The country with that last bit of oil will have a huge advantage over other countries that have consumpition needs but no more oil reserves.

Why wouldn’t we want to help them deplete their reserves right now, while oil is still relatively cheap, and hold onto ours until the bitter end when the price goes through the roof? If it turns out that is during a wartime, well that’s even more reason to be the last one sitting on oil.