Not In My Backyard

So much for energy independence. Sounds great, as long as it can be done in laboratory settings. Clean coal, clean oil wells, no impact from solar or wind farms. But as soon as one thing goes wrong - a spill, a platform or rig collapse or explosion, a mining explosion - all bets are off.

Senator Bill Nelson of Florida says no to drilling. Too bad. Florida is the perfect place to drill. We are practically surrounded by water.

Ponder this. There are untold reserves of oil and natural gas just off our coast. If we don't tap them, China, Venezuela, and Cuba just might. And what if it was one of their platforms that ruptured? Would we still have the impact we're seeing now? Absolutely. Only we wouldn't have the opportunity to get the money and the oil from the efforts.

Oh, if it was their wells and they caused the mess, would they clean it up? Really?

Drill now and drill often - unless you like $5 gas.

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23 comments • Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies • May 04 2010 05:57PM

We Are An Energy Rich Nation

Why should we be supporting nations of the world that we don't like or that can impact our economy on a moment's notice? I'm talking about oil.

We are an energy rich nation with plenty of resources in the ground.

Take whatever oil, natural gas, shale, and coal supply that we have under our surface. Then throw in what lies beneath the seas off our coasts - Atlantic from Key West to the St. Lawrence, Gulf, Pacific - up to Alaska, and Hawaii. Then add in Peurto Rico, Guam, and other areas.

Then drill, dig, and extract. Not in  an reckless strip mining or wildcat operation, but in a strategic energy mining operation.

We have so many resources - maybe no one really knows how much. Estimates run to over a 100 year supply.

Here's the question: what good are they doing us in the ground?

Let's use them. They are a gift. When we see that we are coming to the end of what is feasible to extract, then we can aggressively pursue alternate sources of energy.

This doesn't mean that we can't be developing additional energy sources right now. Go for it. See what else we can perfect. Maybe we can even export that technology to the world. It just means that we have oil and gas to use while we are doing that.

You're probably familiar with the takeaway close. We can begin to use that on the countries we've been buying oil from. Sell to us at below market rates - on our terms - or we won't buy at all. We can be in a position to drive a hard bargain - and mean it.

As far as visual impact. offshore oil platforms are only visible when you get close. Oil wells are much smallerthan windmills and have a much smaller footprint. What about the environmental impact of the drilling, mining, refining, and extracting that foreign nations are using to produce the oil and gas we buy from them?

One way to bring manufacturing jobs back home to the USA and to hold the line on inflationary energy costs is with reasonably priced, domestic energy.

We are an energy rich nation. We should act like it.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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14 comments • Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies • March 10 2010 12:23PM

Energy independence is a step closer

Did you hear the news? Maybe not with the bailout discussions going on.

Yesterday, the House actually allowed off-shore drilling to become a reality along the east and west coasts. It needs Senate approval as well. but that is expected to happen.

The House didn't exactly vote for it - what they did was not vote against it.

Each year the ban, which has been in place for some 25 years, must be renewed. This year they didn't renew the ban, so they actually authorized it.

It may be a while before we see any results from this, but it's a start.

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26 comments • Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies • September 25 2008 09:04PM

Wow, over one-third of a million Americans finally get it

I just received an email from American Solutions that reports that they have over 350,000 signatures on their "Drill Now" petition - including mine and many of yours.

That's over one-third of a million Americans, folks. That's over one-third of a million Americans compared to less than 535 Senators and Congressmen who are standing in the way and preventing the will of the people from ending this energy dependence conundrum we've gotten ourselves into. If you just count the Senate, less than 100 people are keeping this country dependent on foreign oil.

Keep the pressure on!

4 comments • Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies • June 06 2008 12:30PM