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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==
-<references/>
-[[Category:Energy]]
-[[Category:Political Terms]]

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