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'''Pro-drilling''' is a term to describe Americans who feel that the USA should be leading the world in energy production. Due to our vast resources, wealth and technology, pro-drilling advocates want an "all of the above" solution to the energy crisis.
The "all of the above" solution starts with drilling for oil ''first''. This strategy is to be part of a larger national energy policy that includes oil, shale, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar as well as new nuclear power-plant construction. A major [[campaign]] in the pro-drilling movement is the '''"Drill Here!, Drill Now!"''' effort. Citizens by the millions have signed up with [[American Solutions]] to support drilling initiatives.
Pro-drilling gained major support in response to the extremely high gasoline prices that have been inflicted upon the American consumer since the [[summer]] of 2005. This effort has become absolutely necessary due to Democratic [[congressional]] leaders refusal to drill for oil. Instead, [[Democrats|Democratic politicians]] are allied with extremist [[environmental]] organizations such as the [[Sierra Club]]. Plus, Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] has made narcissistic comments such as '''"I am trying to save the planet."''' <ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12122.html Pelosi: 'I'm trying to save the planet'] Politico, July 29, 2008</ref> The environmentalists' motives are clearly questionable. Plus, other [[humans]] worldwide are suffering from [[starvation]] because gasoline prices have made food unaffordable.
Recently, Pro-drilling supporters were mocked by Speaker Pelosi as the "two-cents-in-10-years-crowd." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,412549,00.html Debunking Democrats on Drilling] Fox News, August 28, 2008</ref> This attitude proves the Democratic leadership has no intention of lifting drilling bans off the continental shelf or in the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]].
Lindsey Williams (a [[Baptist]] minister who was a [[chaplain]] on the 1970s [[Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline]]) in his 1980 book ''The Energy Non-Crisis'' claims to have personally witnessed an oil find at a location called Gull Island which would have made the United States energy independent indefinitely, but the company was ordered by government regulators not to produce that well.<ref>Williams, Lindsey. ''The Energy Non-Crisis'', 1980. Complete text at http://www.reformation.org/energy-non-crisis.html</ref>
==Also See==
*[[Oil]]
*[[Global warming]]
*[[Energy independence]]
==External Links==
*[http://www.americansolutions.com/ American Solutions for Winning the Future website]
*[http://www.grassfire.org/108/petition.asp Grassfire.org Emergency Petition To Congress]
==References==
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[[Category:Energy]]
[[Category:Political Terms]]