No amount of drilling started today will have any effect on oil production for a minimum of a decade and that's if they do not spring another leak that devastates the livelihoods of millions and utterly destroys a local economy. In that same time, things will have gotten far worse. The time to begin the transition to alternative energy is now. This is where I want to see my tax dollars spent and where I want to see substantial policy shifts. We also need to deflate the massive amount of power the big oil companies have over our country. No one entity should have the power they have and it needs to be tamped down.