Need for National Energy Policy

Congratulations for your editorial. You are so correct, and the public does not realize that companies cannot drill and produce oil in a short period of time. I believe it was something like 10 years before Exxon was able to produce oil from the Santa Barbara area after the discovery. And still everyone says “don’t drill off our shores.” Anyone who has driven along the coast highway can attest to the fact that there is nothing unsightly about the platforms out there. And it is a proven fact, from the gulf areas, that the best fishing is near and around the producing platforms.

People should be made to understand that it is in the interest of our national security to find as much oil as possible, and all geologist think that the best chances to find something big lie off the California and northern Alaska coasts.

ROBERT L. GRADY

San Marcos