As Obama stated, and ridiculed by the Republicans, conservation methods would yield better results than offshore drilling would. From Political Punch:

proper tire inflation will save millions of barrels of oil per year, but that it will save more energy than new off shore drilling would yield.
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But the salient point is that such measures are serious. Why the Republicans are mocking them at a time of energy crisis seems bizarre.

And don’t forget to check out the article from 1990. Seems bizarre to me in general how the Republicans have handled this issue historically and more importantly, how Americans in general have simply ignored the good, sound advice.