May i remind you Anwr is a protected wildlife refuge? And you can't turn coal into oil, they've tried that. And China will not be drilling within 100 miles of Florida, due to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, that water falls clearly within the United States exclusive economic zone. (EZZ) Either way, oil is going to run out soon. EDIT: Saudi Arabia is not the biggest exporter of oil to the U.S, there 3rd, in fact they don't even have the most oil in the world, here's the top 5 oil exporters to the U.S. * Canada - 1.8 million barrels * Mexico - 1.6 million barrels * Saudi Arabia - 1.4 million barrels * Venezuela - 1.1 million barrels * Nigeria - 1.0 million barrels