There are small pockets of oil sprinkled throughout the midwest. The 'see-saw' pumps can been seen occaisionally from the interstates. My dad the oil baron has owned shares in some of these forever and rakes in a staggereing $2K or so a year from the sales.
As far as the rest of this mess, IMHO the US has scads of oil/shale/coal that can be resourced now and for the future. If we increase our own production, we decrease the demand for foreign oil. Demand goes down, the price should follow.
Last edited by blackdog; 05/23/2008 7:45 AM.
