Who Blocked Domestic Energy Production for thirty years?
Thats an easy question to answer. The same people still blocking domestic production today, congressional Democrats, at the beck and call of their eco-nut constituents hell-bent upon forcing Americans to wean themselves off of fossil fuels, no matter the devastation to the American economy. As demonstrated by the recent drop in crude prices, the mere mention by President Bush, of opening up American production for the first time in thirty years caused the market to immediately react with a drop in crude prices. Prices dropped only marginally because investors know that Bush alone can not open up domestic production and congressional Democrats immediately promised to block his efforts. But because even many congressional Democrats would support lifting the congressional ban on domestic production, current Democrat leadership in both houses will not allow the matter to come to the floor for a vote, where the measure would certainly pass. At present, two individual American members of con