interesting fact.

"But, he says, all the oil and gas in Alaska, if exploited, would only provide 18 months of the US energy needs at the moment." [bbc discussion with simon schama]

so it seems like offshore drilling isn´t going to help our dependence on foreign oil. interesting...

ps i saw the debate last night (i missed it the night before due to apartment hunting) and though my dad said it was boring i thought it was even better than the first one! the two candidates´ strategies were so transparent, with mccain throwing in the buzz words of his campaign any chance he got and trying to connect with the audience through intense eye contact and calling america "my friends" (with that i felt he was trying too hard) while obama was also trying to connect with the audience by leveling with them when answering the questions and telling it like it is the best way a politician can while presenting new information related to his plans and points of view. i would give this one to obama for sure...in my opinion he did what he intended to do without looking like he was trying to hard.