Bush had 8 years to open ANWR and offshore drilling in the Arctic. Nothing happened... Shell has been investing in offshore in the Arctic since the 80s. It's not as easy as it looks. Lot of politics involved.
Plus this notion that we need to drill to get the economy going is madness. War and Oil... that's all conservatives care about. What a coincidence that most of their cult masters benefit from those two industries.
When Bush left office gas was $1.68 a gallon. And it will get there again once Obama leaves office.
Obama couldn’t stand Americas prosperity so he went about his quest. Enter Steven Chu who said "Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." At that time it was about $10 a liter.
Well they tried and tried but the best they could do is around $4 a gallon.
In his SOTU Obama gushed, America has become the #1 producer of oil. As if he was responsible when it was because of American ingenuity.
So don’t piss in my ear and then tell me it’s raining.