A lot of folks can't understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country.  Well, there's a very simple answer.  Nobody bothered to check the oil.  We just didn't know we were getting low.  The reason for that is purely geographical.  Our OIL is located in:  Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana,  Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma,Pennsylvania, Texas & Tennessee. And all our dipsticks are located in DC