Experience has shown that drilling a hole in the ground prior to pumping makes it a lot easier to get the oil out of the subterranean formations where it is stored.
It would help to combat dependence on other countries for oil as well as make more jobs in those areas. But there are also many disadvantages. It's very invasive to wildlife, for one. Even assuming...
It costs less money.Using foreign oil costs a lot, considering everything that involves getting it here, but if we drill more over here, it will cost less, and that means more money at the pump.
The disadvantages: domestic oil, if located, would not be ready to use for about ten years; oil consumption needs to be minimized, not expanded--Californians didn't take alternatives to the...