But we've tried, unsuccessfully, to drill our way to energy security for a hundred and fifty years.
This is progress of a sort; at least we are no longer talking about drilling our way out of dependency.
No matter how many holes are punched on American soil, we simply cannot drill our way to energy independence.
It would have drilled its way through right from the start, if that were the case.
They'd been working so hard, it had drilled its way into the marrow of their bones.
We cannot drill our way out of this problem.
Give me the refuge, the President seems to say, and we will drill our way out of dependency.
She then directs them to drill their way specifically through the west wall in order to escape safely.
Here's a hint: We can neither drill nor conquer our way out of the problem.
People have to drill their way down four or five levels to get information.