I read today that "Drill, baby, drill," is about as useful as saying "typewriters, baby, typewriters." It is the answer for the last century. What if we could increase our oil production by the maximum, 3%? What difference would that make? How do we balance the loss of jobs and income of a spill on the Gulf Coast to having one more well to pump crude. I had a neighbor talking to me Saturday about how the Exxon Valdez spill and how little impact that actually has over time. Guess what? He's a retired Exxon employee. Exxon has agreed to pay about 375 million in clean up costs. The actual costs are 33% higher than that. Not to mention the lost jobs. Let's ask the fishermen and the tour guides if it made a difference to them.

We are always gearing up to fight the last war.

I say "hydrogen, baby, hydrogen!"