Why no one (not even the U.S.) can fix the middle east.

[Benton]

Stewie— if you're lurking around, maybe you could clear this up.

The way it's been explained to me is the type of oil we have doesn't matter much as far as having an impact on gas. It's dirty, usable for manufacturing and other things, but not gasoline. So we can open the tap like the RINOs want and it won't matter much to us, it just makes manufacturing cheaper in China, Mexico and other countries. That's why we export a lot of oil and import a lot more.

So people can talk about 'Drill baby drill' but it won't matter much. The oil on protected lands, if drilled, would be a temporary relief to a long-term problem. One which we aren't taking any steps to address.