Submitted by CARPE DIEM

According to data from the Energy Information Adminstration for crude oil field production in the U.S., our current annual domestic production of about 1.873 billion barrels of crude oil (5.132 million barrels per day) is about exactly the same as oil production 60 years ago, back in the 1947-1949 period (see graph above). Real GDP today is about 7.2x higher than it was in 1948, and yet we’re producing the same amount of domestic oil.

Bottom Line: Don’t blame the speculators for high oil prices, blame restrictions on domestic oil production. Let’s drill, drill, drill.

HT: Thanks to Michael A. Higley

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