Why NOT to drill now

Conservation and alternative fuels have been allegedly in place since the '70s. The only reason there is any immediate pressure for real conservation efforts is the price of oil. While we are at this dramatic junction...let this crisis continue to propel us forward. The reason we never took conservation seriously was due to the availability of oil. If oil, through drilling, is again available, we will continue to spin our wheels until we reach exactly this position a few years from now ...only worse. We currently have sufficient technological expertise to stretch the available oil, AND produce serious alternatives to the point that we will be able to self sustain AND put off drilling until it is ABSOLUTELY necessary....right now it is just convenient NOT NECESSARY.