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mk · 4306 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mitt Romney's energy plan includes drilling "virtually every part" of the US, no protections for national parks.
Although I wouldn't support such a policy, this article has a pretty heavy bias.
However, I do wonder about using natural resources on public land for private profit. As the land and resources intentionally haven't been developed, it represents a heavy subsidy for any private entity that does develop them, regardless of whether or not they are profit-sharing with the U.S. government. Regardless, developing even more oil supplies isn't going to give the U.S. much of an advantage.