tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10010207.post-48904855874715831572008-03-22T09:16:00.000-05:002008-03-22T09:16:00.000-05:00The impression one is left with when folks like Gilmore advocate on one hand - "Independence-from-Foreign-Oil" by "opening up" US Continental sources of oil - is that in doing so - we will be switching from buying foreign oil to using our own oil.<BR/><BR/>So .. my question is - let's assume that those currently opposed to such ideas .. drop their opposition and we go forward with finding and exploiting domestic oil.<BR/><BR/>and let's further assume that - domestic oil is restricted by law from being sold anywhere except in the US.<BR/><BR/>so my question is - how much domestic oil would we have to find and use to be independent from "foreign oil".Larry Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282254026681944326noreply@blogger.com