Mark Cooper: “I actually believe we should raise taxes to promote investment in the real economy, absolutely.”

Don't bet your farm on it. You would never make an investment on the basis of that kind of analysis.

But more drilling is never going to be enough to reduce global oil prices or U.S. imports of foreign oil in any meaningful way.

Justice delayed is justice denied but it needs to be worked both ways.

Reducing our share of global oil consumption from 25 percent could have a real impact on both oil prices and on imports.