on the u.s. economy. we want less prosperity. great way is replace oil. it would mean that three-quarters of the oil we use every day would have to be imported. we already import 64% of the oil. some may remember the oil shortages of 1973, long gasoline lines, skyrocketing prices. that occurred when opec held back 7% of the oil it had been sending. again, we currently get 10% of the crude from the gulf. clearly the b.p. spill is a disaster of the likes we have never seen, but to stop or significantly curtail drilling in the gulf could create an economic disaster. chris? chris: no easy answer here. thank you for that. mixed news from wholesalers today. inventory rose in may by half a percentage point but sales were down .3 of a point. stocks ended the week on a positive note. the dow gained 59. the s&p 500 added 7 3/4.
great way is replace oil. it would mean that three-quarters of the oil we use every day would have to be imported. we already import 64% of the oil. some may remember the oil shortages of 1973, long gasoline lines, skyrocketing prices. that occurred when opec held back 7% of the oil it had been sending. again, we currently get 10% of the crude from the gulf. clearly the b.p. spill is a disaster of the likes we have never seen, but to stop or significantly curtail drilling in the gulf could create an economic disaster. chris? chris: no easy answer here. thank you for that. mixed news from wholesalers today. inventory rose in may by half a percentage point but sales were down .3 of a point. stocks ended the week on a positive note. the dow gained 59. the s&p 500 added 7 3/4. nasdaq was up 21. legal experts say thursday s ruling by a judge in boston,