Energy lesson from Cuba

An unlikely political figure is willing to fight for lower gas prices. His name: Fidel Castro. He’s working with foreign investors, including China, to find oil off the Cuban coast, close to American waters.
In contrast, American companies aren’t looking for oil off the Florida coast, because it’s part of the 85 percent of the nation’s offshore areas where drilling is not allowed. In addition to the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coast, much of the Pacific and offshore Alaska is also restricted. Only the central and western Gulf, off Louisiana and Texas, has a green light to produce oil.

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