On May 14, 6:59 pm, "Bill Sornson" wrote:

Exactly wrong, of course. It's U.S. territory, so no one else will "get
it" -- unlike, say, international waters near the mainland, where other
countries are drilling today while the oh-so-cautious U.S. dares not even
try.

He meant, no other companies will get it. Whichever companies that
develop that oil, any oil, are going to make a ton off it. Developing
that oil will not, however, have any significant effect on the big
picture of this country's dependence on foreign oil.

(Note also that many of the companies that would be involved with
developing and getting rich off said oil, from American soil, would
likely be foreign owned.)


BTW, Congress approved exploring/drilling in Alaska back in the '90s, but
Bill Clinton vetoed it. The U.S. would be getting a /lot/ of oil from there
today if not for that.

Bill "more supply, more jobs, lower prices...can't have that!" S.

You obviously have no clue what's going on.