It was no surprise that one of the main focus in last week's Republican convention, especially during the speech of the vice presidential nominee (and current Alaska governor) Sarah Palin, is the need for oil drilling.Here's an excerpt from her speech while the crowd chanted "Drill! Drill! Drill!":
"Take it from a gal who knows the North Slope of Alaska: we've got lots of both [oil and gas]. Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems - as if we all didn't know that already. But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all."
