As gas prices continue to increase, Congress continues to blame others while ignoring practical steps to stop the pain Americans are feeling at the pump. To lower gasoline prices and reduce our dependence on foreign oil, we need real solutions to our energy challenges. http://www.americansolutions.com/ is a site that is petitioning the governmentto allow the drilling of are own oil. What a concept, use are own resources

The United States has vast oil and gas resources onshore and offshore that are currently illegal to develop and therefore inaccessible.

U.S. law prohibits the development of approximately 38 billion barrels of undeveloped oil resources (19 billion barrels onshore and 18.92 billion offshore).

U.S. law prohibits the development of approximately 180 trillion cubic feet of undeveloped natural gas resources (94.5 trillion cubic feet onshore and 85.7 trillion cubic feet offshore).

SOURCES:

Onshore Resources

(Inventory of Onshore Federal Oil and Natural Gas Resources and Restrictions to Their Development, p. vii-viii, PHASE III INVENTORY - ONSHORE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENERGY ACT OF 2000, P.L. 106-469 §604, AS AMENDED BY THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005, P.L. 109-58 §364, Prepared by the U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Energy 2008, Accessed on the Web Site of the Bureau of Land Management on June 2, 2008, www.blm.gov)

Offshore Resources

(Report to Congress: Comprehensive Inventory of U.S. OCS Oil and Natural Gas Resources, p. 72, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Section 357, Prepared by Minerals Management Service Offshore Minerals Management Program For the U.S. Congress, February 2006. Accessed on the Web Site of the Minerals Management Service on June 2, 2008, www.mms.gov)

What can you do? Go to http://www.americansolutions.com/ and sign the petition