Why don't the environmentalists relax the rules so we can drill for oil here in the US ?

..and let us become a self-sufficent , leader in the World again instead of dancing to the beat of the Middle East and other oil producing countries? It would solve so many problems .Why don't the environmentalists relax the rules so we can drill for oil here in the US ?
liberals would rather see the public suffer than see a toad or owl relocatedWhy don't the environmentalists relax the rules so we can drill for oil here in the US ?
the oil companies have other investment also, like stocks in grain, defense contracts, politicians, ammo, weapons, actually anything that makes a profit~!!!





there has been a memo floating around on the Internet from the big oil companies stating that they do not want to increase production, build more refineries or do any more drilling, and want to create a bottleneck to increase profits~!!!





they already have thousands of unused leases and permits to drill and build more refineries, but that would not be to their advantage~!!!





so if the price of food, gas, electricity, bullets and bombs goes up, hey they are winners all the way around~!!!!





and like any card carryin Republican would say, ';Hey Capitalism works, whats wrong with making a profit';~??!!





so what are all you rightwing-nuts complainig about~???!!


they are screwin ya the American way~!!!
We will never be self sufficient. You get that right? How many people do YOU Know who carpooled to work before gas prices started to go up last year? I'll bet NADA. I live in yuppiedom and every other home owns an SUV (some own two) where a SINGLE driver drives themselves to work. People vote down mass transportation over and over again because they want to drive their cars. Until people stop their relentless pursuit of selfish lives, it will remain unheard.





Got a tell you though - environmentalist folks I knew 15 years in college now drive SUVs, use disposable diapers (well, EVERYTHING disposable) but because they recycle a little they are still green.





[edited to add] a lot of the oil in SD is under Indian or sacred land.
We are currently looking at several locations that are rich with a substance called Balkan Shale it is a stone that when compressed releases oil. There are several places that they do drill.


The problem is that the Oil companies do not want the oil if the price stays high they make more in proffit they are blatantly gouging the US populace.





The republicans will not allow any bill through senate or congress that will stop it because they all get money from Big Oil to run their campeign's it has NOTHING to do with the environmental lobby the desolate oil rich planes are there and most are owned by the Oil companies already.





I actually heard an interview with the CEO of exxon mobile where he flat stated that they are in the business to make money and that is all they care about. They could increase the flow of gasoline and lower prices in a matter of hours Nation wide but they will not because they want the Money.





We are being Raped at the pump by the Oil backed Republicans.
Maybe if the US had better foreign policy Middle Eastern countries would not feel such animosity towards us. If you want to relax the rules when it comes to drilling for oil then why don't you just go ahead and relax emission laws? Besides, there is not enough oil within the US to keep us self suffiecent for long. In case you've forgotten oil is non-renewable and at the rate we use it we would be back in the same boat before this century is over.
Because they want to reduce us to the barbaric state of mindless animals. Ayn Rand warned years ago that the environmental movement is nothing but socialism in disguise. And the goal of socialism, like all other irrational ideas, is to use the force of the mob to destroy man's minds and enslave man's bodies. I will not work for ';everyone but me'; nor will I surrender my rights to buy whatever I want with the money I earned through my hard work. If cars give off too much poison, then we need to fix it, not get rid of cars. If fuel costs too much then we need alternative energy sources, but don't tell me I can't drive my car. And if there's land with oil under it, let them drink the milkshake before someone else does.
Because we have a SURPLUS of oil in barrels already buried in Texas!!!!!!!


Congress was asked to release them and they refused. They said we were not in a bad enough situation. Now, if we are not bad off enough to release this surplus oil then we are certainly not bad off enough to destroy Alaskan wildlife!


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Ayn Rand just repackaged other peoples' philosophy in a less appealing form. She was a horrid and bitter woman who had countless affairs and made up excuses to justify them to herself and her husband. You can't claim to be a person of conviction while making excuses. She is only respected by people who just picked up her books because they are in college now and want to sound intellectual. It is a simplistic view of intellect which takes only the aesthetics of appearing rational and violates the reality.


That said, Atals Shrugged featured an engine which ran forever without fossil fuels. It would have destroyed the oil companies and so the government blocked it because she wanted to point out the lack of sense in trying to save the interdependence of industry over something that would benefit all of humanity. What is happening now with Bush playing favors for his special interests and former college and business associates is exactly what that book warned of!


There are many solutions which do not require damaging our pristine national treasures.
it would also ruin pristine natural wonders and push countless species to the brink of extinction. but hey, let's keep destroying for our non-renewable resource rather than trying to minimize the damage already done, right?





in the areas where drilling is being forbidden it is clear that the process of excising the oil from the earth would cause irreparable and inadmissible damage. don't you think the oil companies would have already taken advantage of them if there wasn't solid evidence that it would cost too much in the way of the environment? they are pouring money into their cause, so it would have already happened if it wouldn't be a catastrophe for the ecosystem.
If you haven't noticed the 'environmentalists' have become one of the most radically insane groups of wack-jobs in modern day (Rome). They are busy trying to redistribute the worlds resources based on saving the planet from global warming.


The new religion of the left. It's why they are called 'watermelons'; green outside and red ,(marxist) on the inside.
I agree that we need to get out of he Middle East . But oil is not the answer in the long run. Environmentalists care about the condition that the Earth is in right now. That doesn't mean that you can't jump in your car and drive a few blocks to school or Sonic. What needs to happen is good clean cheap energy . And that can happen. But people need to stop their addiction to oil.
Don't you get it? Extreme environmentalists WANT us to pay $10 for a gallon of gas. Remember, they want us to STOP driving. Extreme environmentalism which is also the new home of communism in this country will not be happy until we are thrown back into the horse and buggy days and ruled by the state.
Because once you start drilling it will effect the ecosystem greatly, and that would take years, if not more (if its even possible) to restore the balance.


The amount of problems it would solve would be equal if not less than the amount of problems it would create.
because they believe one tree has feelings, i honestly don't care about one tree, cut it down if i means we get lower oil prices..everyone blames republicans for high gas and oil prices, when most enviromentalists are democrats, and they won't let us drill for oil we already have.
because it wouldn't solve anything. why don't we spend more time finding something else to run our cars off of? why screw up the country for a temporary fix? it is america the beautiful, right?





actually, i haven't paid for gas in a long long time. and i can easily average 500 miles a week. the gas prices really don't matter much to me.
I totally agree with you! I really believe there's a conspiracy. I think the govt is being paid off by the environmentalists, to keep things as is, and to keep our animals safe. Well, the human is the MOST IMPORTANT ';animal'; on the planet and we need OIL!
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....the US could make up with Venezuela :)





Orrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....finally sign the Kyoto accord and let's get engineers working and chemists and put the auto industry back in North America by engineering cars that won't need to be so dependent on black gold :)
We do.


Pennzoil is named for the state we discovered the oil in. Pennsylvania. Oil. Pennzoil. Let's not forget QUAKER STATE.


We have refineries and oil drills in Texas, and just offshore in Florida...





Where do you live?
because we should learn to not be so dependant on oil.


AND we cannot screw the world over anymore by harming the ecosystems
or we could do something to quell our dependence on oil forever. cause oil in the us would eventually run out too, so its not really worth investing in outdated technology.
ya it would... but we have very little oil to supply for the hole us and we do get some oil from the us most of it if not all is from alaska
It is all politics designed to keep the price of oil rising.
Because ignorance is bliss and they all smoked too much third generation purple hair indigo dope in the 60s
They need to drill and to hell with the environment and green weenies.
With enlightened thinkers like yourself I'm amazed at how we haven't solved this and many issues yet.
Perhaps, because we don't have oil.
from what i've heard, its because they wouldnt make as much money.


but i dont really know, i think im too young to fully understand the whole thing.


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Because Al Gore has conviced the world that we have global warming when 2 of every 3 scientists say that there is no global warmng and that we have expierenced perodic warming weather patterns for millions of years. They often site the dust bowl era of the twenties when years of drought dammaged crop production too the extent that millions of people from Oklahoma moved too California too reestablish their farms I believe that Al Gore is seeking the power he lost when he wasn't elected President and is getting rich too boot.
because of the enviornment and global warming and such. ( these reasons are all bullshit though cause global warming isnt real). its a liberal thing and its destroying the country