Quote Originally Posted by rebgirl420
Uh, everyone knew we we going to run out of oil some day. How come no one planned for this shit?

It seems like were all rushing now to save our asses.
It's always like this --- plenty of warning and then a big rush to deal with the "crisis" once it finally arrives. It will be the same way with global climate change, Social Security, the national debt, and a thousand other things we see coming down the pipe. You'd like to think we'd get a head start on some of them, but probably not...
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production. Democrats quickly rejected the idea. "There is no excuse for delay," the president said in a statement in the Rose Garden. With the presidential election just months away, Bush made a pointed attack on Democrats, accusing them of obstructing his energy proposals and blaming them for Rating: 5