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Five years. In 5 years the EPA will decide where we can drill for offshore oil. Maybe.

I saw an Obamabot on TV this morning trying to explain away high gas prices as "supply and demand." Apparently China and India are buying more gas so that drives the price up. So, said I to no one in particular, wouldn't it help if we could increase the supply?

Silly me, there's no chance of that!

Yesterday the Obama administration announced a delaying tactic which will put off the possibility of new offshore oil drilling on the Atlantic coast for at least five years:

The announcement by the Interior Department sets into motion what will be at least a five year environmental survey to determine whether and where oil production might occur.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell notes that a planned lease sale, which the administration cancelled last year, will now be put off until at least 2018.

Five years to decide if, and where, they might let us drill for oil.

I'll note that back when this country had balls we liberated Europe in 3 years.

I imagine if the EPA had been around back then and insisted that Patton file environmental impact statements each time he mobilized the Third Army you'd be reading this blog in German.