The Unitied states is the only developed country in the world that has oil and doesn't use it. The domocratic controlled congress has blocked any and every attempt to drill for oil or build a refinery to increase production capabilities.
Hmmm weird..I am a part owner of a drilling company. We are drilling a few wells right now as we speak. It is very expensive to drill wells. Dry holes are a common thing......
No the government does not help us. The only people we have problems with are with the EPA. We have a butt load of oil right here in Middle America but the problem is that it is scattered in smaller fields making extraction a very costly and risky business...... Transporting the oil from from say, Russia (which is the number one oil exporter right now) is cheaper than producing it ourselves...