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: