It's Tea Time

Go go gadget North Dakota!

It's light -- almost like gasoline -- and sweet, meaning it's low in sulfur. Best of all, the Bakken could be huge. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated in 2000 that the Bakken might hold 413 billion barrels. If so, it would dwarf Saudi Arabia's Ghawar, the world's biggest field, which has produced about 55 billion barrels.

OK, so we could potentially have the largest oil reserve in the history of mankind on our own soil, but we live in an era of fear driven by oil prices. Our government sends us back rinky dink refund checks, talks about price controls on gasoline, and begs the Saudi's to up production to save our ass. All the while, we may have the solution to this problem for the next couple hundred years under North Dakota. Great.

Seriously, lets focus some money and minds on that area for a few months, see what these guys can come up with. A field like that we could tap into would bring the dollar roaring back, gas would cost thirty cents a gallon, and most importantly: we would buy centuries of precious time to develop technology and alternative energy sources.

Count me in, use my tax dollars for some of that please!