Well? What's Your Energy Choice?

It makes oil companies sound a little desperate. They've been pretty much blocked from drilling in Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico for safety reasons. And there's another push on to develop alternative sources of energy. Couple that with continued concerns over middle east oil stability for the future and suddenly, presto, we've found tons of oil right here under our feet in places like S.W. Texas.  Enough to rival Venezuela in output. Just one little problem. It's in shale, like the natural gas their drilling for around the country. Which presents another problem. See in S. W. Texas there's a continuing drought. To get the oil out of the shale they have to "Frack" it. That means forcing millions of gallons of water down each well, which they don't have any to spare, and there are poisonous chemicals in the "fluid" that is contaminating drinking water wells in spite of denials to the contrary. So! Here's the choices Americans have; We can suck it up and let them pollute our drinking water and Frack Baby, Frack, or we can keep buying from countries that don't like us, or develop new alternative energy sources, which will take time and money. You thought this was gonna be fun? The first two lead down a road that will never reach the destination we want, the second will hurt like hell for now. If none of these choices work for you, we could go back to my idea of burning political campaign signage to create alternative energy and offer Republican or Democrat electric. Come on. You've got ten seconds. Make up your mind.