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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There will always be issues with any manmade plans and to not drill is reckless. As you have stated above someone is going to drill and it might as well be us.
Steve.. If I had oil in my backyard, and drilling would make the price of gas go DOWN... Drill on man, drill on.
Charles,
I sure wish more people felt like us. Thanks. :)
Steve
Valerie,
I'd drill in my yard, too. :)
Steve
Steve how many of these cry babys you think drive a car and run air conditioner? This doesn't come from Disney. Louisiana has made billions off of the oil industry. I have fished the oil rigs and harvested the bounty it attracts. We also didn't suffer the downturn as bad as a lot of the country because of a well diversified economy. Our politicians really are spineless.
Steve
I would like to keep the American dollar in the country.
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludwig
How about clean nuclear power. Have an Indian reservation build one where the government can't say no because they are considered a sovereign nation.
Steve: Those are great points and valid questions to consider.
Stuff happens, and I don't think ANYONE is going to be more prepared than a company doing business in the US.. A chinese rig or one from Cuba would likely =NOT have the same safety systems.
But I DO think there needs to be an independent investigation (non-governmental) of what happened. It is just too convenient for the leftists...
I do think as well there needs to be n investigation - this is something that needs to be addressed - this is an oil spill and the governemtn took ten days to send help?
$5 may be optimistic!
The question should be ...is it in our best interest to have drilling by the other countries off our shoreline. When they have an accident will they care about the potential damage to our coastline?
We'll continue to use oil, it will be drilled by someone, why not us? This isn't that hard to understand!
Well said Gary and Jon. The oil will be drilled. Our government has even given BILLIONS to a south american country (can't remember which one) to drill in the gulf! So they will spend the taxpayers money on it, but won't allow US to drill it?? Insane.
John,
Thanks for offering us your local perspective. :)
Steve
Lou,
Hear! Hear! :)
Steve
Todd,
As enterprising as the Seminoles and some of the other nations are, I think it's a great idea. :)
Steve
Matt,
Thank you. :)
Steve
Lane,
Oh boy is it convenient! :)
Steve
Nick,
Isn't the silence deafening? No one seems to mind that it's taking this long to try to install a cap. :)
Steve
Jon,
Except by all those people who really do want us to become less of a nation. :)
Steve
Jay,
Let's start drilling, and you can use my backyard to get started. :)
Steve
Georgia,
All part of the plan to undermine our significance in the world. :)
Steve