"Drill, Baby, Drill"? No. More like, "Dumb, Baby, Dumb"

I still go a little apesh*t every time I hear that chant, "Drill, baby, drill." I've talked myself down... again. But, here's what I'd like everyone to do:

Let's all do some basic math here, of an order not even challenging enough to make it onto that show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

If we exploited every ounce of oil within our jurisdiction through off-shore drilling, we'd be able to produce around 3% of the world's oil supply. We currently consume about 25% of the world's oil supply. So. Where's that other 22% gonna come from, people?

Currently, Scientists are not entirely sure how long it takes for the Earth to produce oil. But most believe it takes something like hundreds of thousands of years. Again, given the frightening rate at which we consume oil, let's all think about the math here. If oil is indeed so plentiful, as some still argue, why are gas prices what they are? And why do our Leaders seem willing to send in our poor exhausted troops to fight to preserve our access to that oil? I wonder...

Here's a fascinating article, though, that I found this morning, entitled Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol. Here's an excerpt:

"To be more precise: the genetic alteration of bugs – very, very small ones – so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as woodchips or wheat straw, they do something extraordinary. They excrete crude oil."

Pretty trippy, eh? Some might even say it's "radical"...

Read the article here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece