ANWR Exploration
House Republicans: 91% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed
Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed
Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed
SUMMARY
91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas.
86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas.
It makes the point that the Democrats are opposed to increasing domestic supply, but it does nothing to refute the idea that we can't "drill our way out of the current shortage", so to put things in perspective I added some numbers (I always went with the low estimate):
ANWR Exploration
House Republicans: 91% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Barrels - 4.3 billion
Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed
Barrels - 4,768 billion
Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Barrels - 3,300 billion
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed
Barrels - 8.5 billion
Bakken Field
Barrels - 4 billion
Current US reserves (not including Bakken Field)
Barrels - 21 billion
Total Potential US Reserves
Barrels - 8105.8 billion
Current US consumption
Barrels - 21 million / day
Reserves in years (US Consumption only)
1057
Saudi Reserves (claimed)
Barrels - 260 billion
Reserves in years (US Consumption only)
39.2
Combined Reserves World Reserves not including the US (Claimed)
Barrels - 1115.7 billion
Reserves in years (US Consumption only)
168.6
Kind of puts things in a little different perspective huh?
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