They aren’t making that argument, they are making the ludicrous argument that moving a fraction of 1% of our oil supplies from one hole to another at taxpayer e

They aren’t making that argument, they are making the ludicrous argument that moving a fraction of 1% of our oil supplies from one hole to another at taxpayer expense somehow protects us from something. Even if they were it’s not the purpose of government to gamble public money on market timing bets. Oil has a history of always getting cheaper. Plenty of private funds are going to be spent in the energy market in these bets.