Addicted to oil? You bet your lipstick

In his State of the Union speech earlier this year, President Bush said that "addicted to oil." America OK, but not really a surprise.
We generally of oil products such things that powers cars, trucks, planes and trains. However, transport accounts for about half the oil we use.

We believe that it is rarely These are all oil products, which is a key ingredient, such as lipstick. Also used in the petrochemical industry that aspirin relieves headaches and prevents heart attacks, crayons our children to use even diapers, DVDs, cameras, bandages, balloons and golf balls.

Three petrol dollar is one thing, but think about what our lives would be without perfume, deodorant or toothpaste (YUCK). Can you imagine any vitamins, antiseptic, paint the house, syringes, pacemakers, baby strollers, garbage bags, candles or panty hose? (In fact, I can do without socks.)

But you get my point. Oil is used much more in our daily lives more than any other fill fuel tanks we have.

In fact, we are addicted to oil "foreign". Today we import about 60 percent of oil and oil products to us, to a large extent hostile countries like Venezuela.

There are other options. America has vast reserves of oil and gas, it is locked on federal land. Only Congress can vote to open these lands to exploration. In June, the House of Representatives approved the U.S. on the resources of the deep ocean energy work to allow for exploration in deep waters off our coasts, while giving states the ability to determine how to troubleshoot proximity allows. Senate, however, circumvent the terms of the bill.

In May, the House voted to open the only 2000 acres of coastal Arctic 19 million acres National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil exploration. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that this area could produce enough oil to provide us with 1.5 million barrels of oil per day for a period of not less than 25 years. It is enough to replace 30 years of imports from Saudi Arabia and many lipstick.

U.S. Senate, however, has not voted for a bill to open an independent ANWR since 1995, when President Clinton vetoed.

Being "ripped off price" sunscreen? Thank the U.S. Senate to keep us addicted to foreign oil.