"Now, if we can just figure out a way to set up these tests a billion times faster, we'll have clean energy! Maybe!"
Sigh.I fully realize that Obama could've adversely effected oil production at any time but hasn't
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2 ... ry-excuse/
In fact, annual revenue collections for sales and leases, royalties, and rentals on federal government lands are down over $12 billion per year since 2008. And that is just the direct revenue. It doesn’t include revenues from increased economic activity. If the government would just allow further exploration on federally-controlled lands and waters, that would add somewhere between $24 billion to $85 billion more per year.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/18/news/ec ... /index.htm
It's true Obama hasn't, for instance, forcibly shut down all U.S. oil wells, or denied all new permits, or declared fracking illegal. OTOH, it's also true he's inveighed against oil, suggested huge new oil taxes, implemented new regulations, and issued many executive orders that reduced production through means such as doubling the time required to get a permit, delaying the XL pipeline, etc, etc, etc.
Could it be worse? Sure. It's also a sure bet that under GOP leadership current/future production would be significantly higher than under Obama. Love him, hate him, ignore him, that's simply a fact.