You can open up drilling in Alaska. You can even figure out how to rape the rest of Canada and the Middle East for oil but these are all short term solutions.
What we need is a leadership that is willing to commit to finding an alternative to oil. If the United States could bring the country together to send a man to the moon they can find an alternative to oil. Unfortunately due to vested interests in oil this will never happen. But drilling here or there is always going to be a short term solution with horrible long term consequences.
Having lived in some of the biggest oil towns (fort mcmurray for example) I would not be surprised if in 20 years they discover the cancer rate in those areas is significantly above the national average.