If Americans would do their research & learn that offshore drilling will not reduce the price of oil. I am a realist, I learn the facts & the facts state that even if oil companies start drilling today it will be at least 10 years before the fuel makes it to a useable product & gas will most likely be double the price by then. Let's use our money & resources to produce better energy instead of wasting it on something that's becoming obsolete, a dinosaur, plus it's definitely not the best for our environment. The facts also state that producing cleaner energy (no such thing as clean coal) will definitely create new higher paying jobs plus it will be cleaner for our environment. It has been proven just need to make it available to the masses.