Sarah Palin - Drill, baby, drill

The proven oil reserves of the US is estimated at 22.5 billion barrels of oil The United States uses 20.7 million barrels of oil per day That’s 8.3 billion barrels of oil per year! If you can use every single drop of that oil the US will have oil for just 2.7 years. Give or take a few weeks. Drilling will not solve the United States energy dependency problems. Drilling for oil is not the solution. US Oil Reserves: US Oil Consumption: Credits: Pelican photo: Associated Press Oil sampling: USCG Deep water horizon fire: Sarah Palin Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Sarah Palin clips: Drill, baby drill chant: