what no one seems to says is that even if we allow drilling every where it would only drop the price of gas by about one cent per gallon. the only ones to make money on it would be the oil companies.
also why are the refiners in washington only running at around 80% and 20% percent of the gas refined here is ship over seas.
also why when a tanker pulls into seattle to pick up a load of gas, all brands of gas come from the same place, the drive has to punch in the zip code of the delivery town to decide the price and it is not the mileage that decides the price either a town further away may get a lower price than one closer.