Domestic Oil Drilling & Energy Independence

As soon as gas prices hit $4.00 a gallon here in California, I believe it was mid-May or so, American’s began to speak up! I know my dad I were talking about it almost instantly… domestic oil drilling.

As the prices crept higher, more and more political videos started popping up on the web promoting domestic oil drilling. The most recent one I’ve seen is by Rep. Don Young of Alaska urging the opening up of ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Since I saw this video a few weeks back, I’ve noticed gas prices have decreased slightly within the last 10 days… the station around the corner is down to $4.25 a gallon.

According to an Article I found on ANWR “New Poll: Voters Favor Domestic Drilling

A recent telephone survey of 1,000 likely voters nationwide by the polling companyTM, inc. on behalf of FamilySecurityMatters.org shows that by nearly a 4-to-1 margin, Americans favor increasing domestic oil drilling (77% support; 18% oppose).

Moreover, 61% of respondents strongly backed tapping into U.S. oil reserves, and majorities from every demographic group surveyed backed domestic drilling, including 91% of Republicans, 73% of Independents and 67% of Democrats.

Finally, domestic oil drilling may soon be a reality so American’s can enjoy energy independence.