Shifting Public Opinion On Offshore Oil Drilling

"Nelson" Rockefeller?

I think you mean John D

ENERGY SCARCITY SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES

Is there not bi-partisan support for treating both the symptoms and the causes of this fossil fuel crisis; or, shall that be left to the detriment of the next generation. Are the patriotic Reagan Republicans and Kennedy Liberals to finally unite for the benefit of the nation or not?

The trillions that have been bi-partisanly squandered with no economic return, on un-Constitutional intrusive foreign wars in Serbia and Iraq, should all have been invested in research and development of solar, tidal, wind, and hydrogen sources of inexpensive and clean sources of energy.

Subversive Neo-Marxist ideology, Podhoretz Neo-Con and Leiberman Neo-Lib, is the root cause of the break-down of the traditional bi-partisan government, the un-Constitutional foreign wars, and the escalating Cultural War in defense of traditional Christian culture.

Alcohol is the Answer

Who says that any oil that is drilled in America will stay in America? Last I checked, we were still a capitalist-democracy not a social-democracy. We also don't live in Kuwait or Venezuela. Therefore the international free market is the recipient of any new supplies of oil. In which case, India and China would receive the lion's share with the "All-Exalted" Market Forces leaving America with a few additional drops. Wake up people and get off the emotional side of the issue. Either oil dies or more Humans die.

Alcohol was the original fuel Henry Ford designed his cars for. It was not until his new competitor Nelson Rockefeller funded the Women’s Temperance Movement which successfully demonized alcohol thereby opening the door for the gasoline engine, making Rockefeller (Atlantic Richfield) the sole supplier of this once discarded petrol by-product. To survive, Ford had to convert all new cars to flex-fuel and eventually to the gas-only vehicles.

It is time to bring flex-fuels and ultimately 100 per cent alcohol engines back. Each community could easily grow the infrastructure needed for it’s own bio-fuel supply and distribution. This would not only rid us of our dependence on foreign oil but also end our servitude to multinational oil monopolies here at "home".

The best thing about burning biomass is that it completes the “Krebs” cycle by recirculating carbon into dioxide while gasoline, oil, and kerosene convert to monoxide. When it comes to discussion of the issues, our learning becomes impeded when we are no longer led by experience but by ideas; by what should be rather than what is.

offshore drilling

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..It isn't a question - The Big Three Auto Makers Have For Years Pushed These Big Gas Guzzlers, Playing On Peoples Ego's.

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..It is now time to switch to other means - electric - hybrid -or other. To Continue To Deny There Is A Problem With Oil is Foolishment Only Worthy Of Washington. The Big Three Are Banking On Use Of HUMMER's - Large S.U.V.'s - - -

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.I walk and take public transportation - which is getting more and more expensive everyday. Another Conspiracy To Keep People Driving.....

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..The Price Of Oil Just Dropped (what 5%) $10.00 a barrel - George Bush Would Like To Say That It Is Because Of Concern Of OffShore Drilling. In TRUTH WE DROVE SOMETHING LIKE A BILLION MILES LESS - states are talking about how to make up the lost revenue from gas tax (that was supposted to be dedicated to highway and bridge repair).....

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.....F R A U D - I S - W H A T - I T - I S

Drilling for foil, or folly?

If we get more oil drilling, there will be more people in their cars again. Simple. More people, more pollution. Wildlife is sacred, what little we have. Watch the movie Soylent Green, or eat soy, do lent, and go green. Kidding aside, if they do offshore drilling, they'll have to make barriers around their drills, so as to safeguard against spillage. Just paint them blue color to camouflage them, so we don't notice them as much. Perhaps someone will learn how to do it all underwater with a pipeline directly to the refinery. Just double or triple tube the thing, to avoid leaks.

Coincidence?

I believe that if Congress authorized offshore drilling, we would see an immediate effect on gas prices, even though they aren't producing anything now. Remember that part of the price of gas is speculation on the oil markets. Let them know that we are going to drill and there would be an immediate psychological effect.

Or does anybody see the lower oil prices coinciding with the President's lifting of the Executive ban as just a coincidence?

Offshore Drilling

I live on the coast of Florida and appreciate the environmental concerns that come with offshore drilling. However the truth is. There is a far greater possibility and probability that environmental damage will come from an Oil Tanker or Barge.(ie) The present spill on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Can you imagine the damage if one sank in the Gulf. They carry a tremendous amount of crude oil The Gulf and Atlantic are loaded with them.

Offshore drilling is strickly regulated by MMS. The days of oil shooting out of the top of the Derrick are long gone and never was as bad as Hollywood depicted. The oil companies subscribed to stricked self regulation as well. The last thing they want is a black eye from a spill. So it's zero discharge of any substance that is harmful to the environment. The storms we've had in the Gulf in the past 12 years. With no evironmental damage from offshore platforms is proof of the fact they are well built. Loaded with safety features that are designed to protect the environment. Lets remember the Chinese are drilling 50 miles from Key West right now. Who knows what their equipment is like. As far as prices are concerned. Offshore Oil will have the quickest impact.

Why is this considered such a radical idea? It is basic supply and demand

Much of the oil-producing world must find it very funny that we have oil in our back yard but we prefer to buy it from them.

Sure we don't know how much, or how long it will last, but we have some- we should be using it until the technology makes oil obsolete in 30 years or so.

"Peak oil" is a myth. My prediction is that there will still be plenty of oil in the ground when technology advances to the point where we don't need it.

As an OPEC minister once said, the stone age didn't end because of a shortage of stones.

No drilling ...?

Is it more important a Caribou than our economy????

Oil Drilling

WE NEEDED 30 years ago. so today we could be using it!

But wait.! let's enrich oil producing countries so they in turn can have enough power to destroy ISRAEL.. and the US.