Democrats are just a willing to exchange blood for oil as Republicans. Both parties depend on the richest 1% of Americans to fund their campaigns, and oil sales and arms sales are the two biggest money makers on this planet.
Personally I don't think we can afford to pollute this planet any more than we already have. So instead of more drilling in this country, why not try this?
"The petroleum used to make adhesives, coatings and in the future, inks and even plastics, could get replaced with nanoparticles of sugar and starch, experts told UPI's Nano World.
"The starch in the nanoparticles comes from crops, a renewable resource, unlike petroleum, said John van Leeuwen, chairman and chief executive officer of biomaterials company Ecosynthetix in Lansing, Mich.
"'Every $10 increase in a barrel of oil leads to an $80 billion a year impact on the national economy,' van Leeuwen added. 'Our technology became interesting once oil went above $25 a barrel.'
"Cardboard manufacturers alone currently use roughly four billion pounds of starchy adhesive a year across 1,700 plants worldwide to glue together the paper layers that make up corrugated containers, van Leeuwen explained. This market alone represented $3 billion in 2005."
Eventually all the fuel we use in our vehicles could be synthesized without drilling anywhere. Start up costs are prohibitive for Wall Street, and neither Republicans NOR Democrats want to start this fight at this time.
Nano World: Nano replacement for petroleum