Cross Country - WSJ.comI'm convinced the folks inside the Beltway have no idea what's actually involved in oil drilling - and don't want any information that might change what they think they know.If there is an energy crisis in this country, it is because too many states and too many lawmakers in Washington are too timid about allowing entrepreneurs to bring to the surface what is buried right below us. In Texas, we're not timid. Thanks to longstanding public policy encouraging responsible production, 18% of all the oil and 30% of all the natural gas produced onshore in the U.S. is produced in this state. That makes us the No. 1 energy-producing state in America.
If you can drill for oil safely in semi-populated areas - why can't you drill safely in a wasteland like ANWR?
J.