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Just say no to offshore drilling
There is no doubt that a lot of people have been discomfited and genuinely hurt by $4-a-gallon gas. But their suffering will not be relieved by drilling in restricted areas off the coasts of New Jersey or Virginia or California. The Energy Information Administration says that even if both coasts were opened, prices would not begin to drop until 2030. The only real beneficiaries will be the oil companies that are trying to lock up every last acre of public land before their friends in power — Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney — exit the political stage.
Conservation - reducing demand - is the key to stabilizing fuel prices, not an infinitesimal increase in supply twenty years from now.
June 19, 2008 in Current Affairs | Permalink
Comments
Do you know of any anti-offshore drilling petitions going around? If not will you start one?
It kills me to see so many people (Fox says 2-3-5 million), using their democratic voices to bark up the wrong tree.
Posted by: pjsimsigan at Jun 24, 2008 10:54:46 PM
Hi, Pete. I caught your blog through the bookninja link, and I like the
energetic and eclectic mix you have here. Cheers.
As to offshore drilling, I agree it's ludicrous, but conservation won't be enough. The U.S., of course,
peaked (in oil production) in 1970, and
two of their top three exporters (Saudi Arabia and Mexico) are starting the permanent production
slide. They'll consequently be keeping
more of the black goo for themselves.
Committed and hard working research and development backed (most importantly) by federal incentives, with completely retooled infrastructure, is the priority.
Brian
Posted by: Brian at Jun 26, 2008 3:43:59 PM
