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Al Goggins,
Many acres of public land leases are held by "oil companies". This does not equate to those acres having oil. Many sites have been tested and found barren. The lease doesn't expire on the day the site is found dry. Many leases are on another Congressional drilling moratorium (set to expire after September).
Your contention that there is nothing hindering drilling is completely wrong. I suggest for your pleasure and enlightenment that you Google "Destin Dome". A good source of factual material regarding leases and drilling is ibdeditorials.com . When you cut through any political material and discard it, what remains are facts that you can further research, as I have done, to get a clearer picture of the real issue. You will see, too, that most of the PC bumper stickers to which we have been exposed are just so much garbage.
Search also for the truth about the Channel Islands in California regarding oil. The equipment is still in place but drilling is under ban. With the lifting of the ban oil could be flowing in MONTHS, not the standard 10 to 90 years we hear from the pols. Also, more oil is "spilling" into the channel from natural seepage than ever was done by man. Today.
Also, look at the real ANWR area to be explored, not the phony pictures of some other areas we see posted. 60 miles from the Prudhoe site and still in barren wasteland. Also, ANWR was APPROVED for exploration, then banned by Congress.
The TRUTH is out there. All you need do is seek it out. It will amaze and enrich you. Good luck.