I nearly did the same.
But seriously, you are posting info from a right wing organisation. Any liberal could counter with info from a left wing source that states we DO only have 2 or 3% of the world's oil reserves. That number was out there long before Obama started using it. You've got to know that no one will take you seriously if you use a biased source in a partisan debate. Sources like the Heritage Foundation, Fox News, and MSNBC will only get you laughed out of the room.
As for the topic at hand, if it could be proven that we have enough oil to support ourselves and get off foreign oil completely, I would be for it. I believe our reliance on foreign oil is our biggest national security problem. I do not believe we can drill our way out of this problem, or the many Republican presidents before Barrack Obama would have done so by now. George W. Bush had six years of total control of Washington.
Our oil production is currently at multi-year highs. Despite this, gas prices are at seasonal highs. We are a net exporter of gasoline now. We are in a global economy. Whatever oil we add to the market will probably be negated by growing demand from developing countries. More drilling or refining will just lead to more money for big oil companies.
I am not opposed to oil companies making money. I am opposed to them doing it if they have to destroy the environment to do so. I live on the Gulf Coast and saw the damaging effects of the BP oil spill. It is not worth the risk to open up more sensitive lands for drilling when the price will not be affected and we are just further lining the pockets of big oil companies.
I think Obama is taking the right approach to the problem. The fuel economy of our cars is going up, so we consume less oil now. The government is investing in electric cars, which like it or not are the future. The government is also investing in alternative energy like solar. This is the kind of long term planning that will help get us off dirty energy like oil.