Friedman: Drilling Not The Solution

Not the biggest fan of New York Times columnist Thomas "Right Twice A Day" Friedman, but he made a good point about the relevance of drilling as a solution for oil dependency.

FRIEDMAN: I’m actually not against drilling. What I’m against is making that the center of our focus because we are on the eve of a new revolution, the energy technology revolution. It would be, Tom, as if on the eve of the IT revolution, the revolution of PCs and the internet, someone was up there standing and demanding, “IBM Selectric typewriters, IBM Selectric typewriters.” That’s what “drill, drill, drill” is the equivalent of today.

That’s just what Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Nigeria want to hear Americans focusing on. They are hoping we drill and never invent new solutions.