http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_o鈥?/a>500,000 Gal. Oil Spill along Louisiana/Texas Coast lines due to Ike. Will McCain change on drilling for more?
Lord I hope not.
The world doesn't run on happy juice and good intentions, kid.500,000 Gal. Oil Spill along Louisiana/Texas Coast lines due to Ike. Will McCain change on drilling for more?
McCain? The Democrats in congress (including Obama) just voted to allow drilling.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
But if we start drilling now, we wont see a drop of oil for 10 years......right?
Well first of all, that's NOT true. The actual oil people (not the tree hugging environmentalists that we see all over the liberal mainstream media) say we'd see oil in 2 - 3 years. And, for liberals sake, lets say it does take 10 years, Bill Clinton used that same ';10 year'; excuse when he denied drilling leases when he was in office. Guess what, we'd be seeing the benefits of that right now wouldn't we?
Here's the question, and for all of you people that like to hit the ';report it'; button and claim anything you disagree with ';isn't a question but a rant';......this is CLEARLY a question.
What do you think oil prices will be like in 3 years from now, 10 years from now? $6 a gallon, $10 a gallon? When is the right time to start drilling?But if we start drilling now, we wont see a drop of oil for 10 years......right?
Even if it would take ten years, that's a lot sooner than the ';sit and stare at the oil'; approach.But if we start drilling now, we wont see a drop of oil for 10 years......right?
Not really a five star answer, but it is simple, clear, and to the point. Overall, a good choice with which I fully agree. Report Abuse
I think the main problem facing this country today is how short sighted we have become. That goes for oil and gas refineries, to terrorism. We need to be thinking about our children and our grandchildren a little more. No, we may not see an immediate change in prices, be it 2 years or 10 years, but we must reduce our foreign oil dependence. We've known it for years, but have not done what it takes. Maybe this is the time our country really starts to resolve our addiction.
Sorry, but America needs to have high oil prices to force it to change and become more efficient. Oil will become more and more scarce in the future and what's left will be very expensive to extract. Let's say we did drill our own oil and somehow (not likely) gas prices were reduced to $1.89 a gallon. What would be the response of the American people? Buy more giant SUVs!!! No, we need to learn to conserve oil NOW and have the incentive for private enterprise to come up with long term solutions.
Let's see... a projection of 10 years by ';treehuggers'; who don't want any drilling and never will, and a projection of 2 or 3 years by an overly optimistic oil industry PR machine which has been spoiling to get their hands on domestic oil resources in public lands for decades.
Whom to believe, whom to believe...?
We're SOOOOOO screwed.
So you think that a little incremental supply will have a major effect on oil prices which are set by the INTERNATIONAL demand and supply ???
This is extremely naive.
Unless you cut free trade with other countries, the impact on prices will be limited.
So what, at least it will be there for our future generation, you sound like Barry Soetoro, if we had done this 10 yrs ago we wouldn't be tied to all those damn forgein countries. We need true INDEPENDENCE.
What is your problem?
MCCAIN 4 PRESIDENT 2008!!!
Since no 1 seems to have a clue%26gt; Nobody moves nobody gets hurt%26gt;So do nothing nothing get's done %26gt; So lets drill and see just what does happen%26gt; At least we will see more fuel%26gt;
Isn't that the idea of drilling for oil??But that make to much since%26gt;
Actually it is completely true. It would take at least 10 years. Email a company like BP or Exxon. They will tell you this and all the reasons it takes that long. I didn't believe anyone either, so I went right to the source.
In 10 years China will own us and they will drill ANWR anyways, and in the gulf, and off of California, and anywhere else they find oil, because anyone that protests will be shot.
There is no oil shortage this is being driven by greed, period.
Greedy oil producers, greedy oil companies and greedy speculators.
Regardless, we won't see lower oil prices. The issue of oil prices has to be attacked directly and not deflected through chants of more drilling.
You'll never convert the enviros, and the Dems are on the take.
You and people like you just don't get it do you? It doesn't matter that you have gotten accustomed to your lifestyle, or for that matter me mine. Oil is a finite resource, and you and people like you think drilling more holes into the ground will solve our energy challenges, it won't. Oil is still eventually going to be gone. OPEC grabbed our balls and started squeezing in the early seventies, they gave us our warning decades ago. Did we listen? No, and here we are thirty five years later still talking about oil when we have had more than enough time to change our own energy policies and structures in this country. At four dollars and going for a gallon of gasoline I can't believe you still have faith in the oil experts. Wake up already.
Oil isn't the problem. There isn't a shortage of oil yet. The real reason of why the price of oil has gone up is based on monetary values.
Oil is traded in US dollars as the standard. So, when you fund a War that is costing 10 Billion a month in operations, have reduced taxes on the wealthiest, the only way to raise money is to 1) Float more bonds and T-Notes (which China buys up) 2) Just make more money at the Treasury. This causes the dollar to 'devalue' in monetary markets. Therefore the prices of all things valued by US greenbacks cost more.
Drilling for more oil won't change a damn thing. We have oil wells in Texas that have been capped because years ago they were deem not worth the costs.
Things cost more because our money has less value. Ron Paul was talking out his butt on returning to the Gold standard.
2-3 years is nonsense. Who are the ';actual'; people you are referring to? What right wing blowhard have you been listening to? The Alaska pipeline is nearly at capacity and there are already problem with sections of it. How would the oil get from Anwar to the ports? Do you think another pipeline can be built in 2-3 years? Aside from Anwar there are leases that the oil companies have that they have chosen not to explore, so your attempt to blame it all on Clinton fall flat.
I never hear the people who chant ';drill, drill, drill'; ever say a word about reducing consumption. That would have the most immediate impact on the price of crude as would forcing the oil speculators to actually take possession of the oil they buy. Right now they can buy and sell oil without ever having to touch it, damaging our economy in the process. There is virtually no control on the buying and selling of crude oil futures.
Drilling for more oil isn't necessarily going to ease the prices. What you're thinking is true that the oil will be refined and ready for use within 2-3 years (a decade at most). But here's the thing. Drilling for oil is an extremely expensive process. The oil companies just aren't willing to risk that much money on drilling just to reap a few cents. From a business point of view, it's crazy.
Let's say the oil companies DO drill. The costs of drilling (which are pretty high esp. if they have to drill deep) will reflect that at the pump. You don't expect the oil companies to just take the costs all in by themselves do you? Unless the government funds the drilling (with our money by the way), they'll just charge us a bit more at the pump to make up for the drilling costs.
Also, you're assuming that no other country will increase their consumption of oil. That's the only way prices will go down, if no other countries' demand for oil increases. But that won't happen either. China and India are demanding a ton right now and they're not going to stop anytime soon. Their economies are booming and it'll be a fairly safe assumption that they'll just demand more as time goes on. So even if we DO drill, increased demand will probably keep prices higher anyway.
What you say makes sense. But you're assuming too many things. First, you're assuming drill costs will be absorbed by the oil companies completely. Second, you're assuming demand will decrease or stay stagnant, which it won't.
The best alternative is to adapt to the higher gas prices and begin looking at alternative fuels. We're going to have to look for alternate fuels eventually anyway. Why not start now ahead of everyone else?
Even if we were to rush drilling operations with greater risk of environmental damage it would only reduce gas prices by a couple of pennies. There is no reason right now for prices to be so high anyway, it is artificial. Speculation on oil futures is driving the prices, not supply problems. In fact, there is greater supply than demand right now and the cost of producing oil has not risen, only the price and profits. Over a ten year time period it would make more sense to develop alternative energy sources which would reduce demand and directly drive down the price of oil and make America more secure in our energy resources. We don't need MORE oil DEPENDENCE, we need to be independent from oil.
This is a security issue as well as an economic issue. Oil funds terror.
What people have to understand is that there is no ';quick-fix'; solution. It will take time once we start drilling to see an effect on the price of a gallon of gasoline. However, it will take even more time if we rely purely on alternative sources of energy.
What we need to do is drill in the short term, as well as producing new refineries to get us off our dependence on foreign oil. In the long-term, however, let's research alternative energy sources, and not limit our horizons to sources like Solar energy. Let's open up research on others, like clean coal, wind, nuclear... and the list goes on.
When is the right time? The right time to drill and build is NOW!
When is the right time to research? The right time is NOW!
Exactly, oil prices will be astronomical if we can even still obtain the foreign oil! Clearly the Democrats made yet another horrible decision 10 years ago 1998, because guess what? We're there, we're ten years later and look at us. If it takes 2-3 years or 10 years we have to start.
And I agree that it's also a matter of national security. Do you realize when you fill up your tank at any number of gas stations you are sending money to countries who harbor terrorists who want to kill us???? Sunoco and BP currently do not rely on foreign oil, and that's where this girl buys her gas.
Liberals do not see into the the future with the same clarity that others do. They looked into the future and saw the elderly living comfortably on social security, they did not see what they should have known, SS going bankrupt. They look into the future today and see in ten years a wonderful new technology of green energy powering the nations cars and heating and cooling our homes and there no longer being a need for oil so why start drilling for it now when we won't need it then? And you know that Liberals have never been wrong!
Well, the US sits on about 3% of the world oil and at current rates consumes about 1/4 of the world oil. We are facing increasing competition from India and China. We are also looking at a commodities bubble. Beyond that, oil companies have access to 4/5 of land of offshore that is capable of being refined and 68 million lucrative untapped areas. There is a refinery on its way in SD as we speak while the older refinineries have increased production. Plus, we just put 4 big oil no bid contacts out on oil in Iraq. So, basically we've got a lot of control and a lot of oil, so if we continue consumption at this rate we're going to continue to see high gas prices no matter what.
Honestly, we're using way too much oil and I'm completely sure that next generations will have to find another source of power. For example, Electricity.
Cars and other vehicles that run on electricity won't be fast, at all, and today - speed is important because there are alot of races going on at all times throughout the entire world.
Hundreds, millions a day.
Whether it's a street race, or a proffessional race.
If we don't start saving oil, using less - there won't be any and our future generations will look down on us and hate us for what we are and what we've done. The only difference between this generation, and world war 2 will be the fact that alot more people died in world war 2 - but we're destroying our earth today aswel.
All this puts alot of trouble into next generations because of the damage we've caused to the atmosphere, and although Global Warming is mainly from changes in our sun - Our atmosphere is meant to prevent any extra heat from those changes and if we continue to destroy it, we'll be hated more by future generations even though we are humans and they will be humans.
There's alot of other things oil is used for, some type of oil for food - some for vehicles, other for machines and we're using alot. As we all may know, oil doesn't last forever and it certainly won't be around forever if we keep on using it as we are now. Gas prices are (ofcourse) going to increase due to the decrease of oil (ammount), they'll be making more money than ever but eventually it will all stop.
Those who save oil will be able to continue doing what they are doing, others will be left with barely any transportation or other machines. After some time, everything will run on electricity - and oil will be gone forever.
The oil companies will be drowning in money, as we'll be suffering from the disaster - many will lose their jobs due to loss of transportation, other's may even die.
Oil won't be around forever - that's for sure.
One thing missing from most of the debates I see about oil is the unprecedented effect of large scale speculation and price manipulation in unregulated markets, which amounts to at least 50% of the current NYMEX per barrel price of oil. One Exxon VP testified before the Senate that in his estimation the price of a barrel of oil would be around $55 if market manipulation were not taking place.
This is fact, and is now a part of the public record.
For accurate information and sound basis for discussion I suggest to anyone really interested, take a look at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing of June 3 2008, ';Energy Market Manipulation and Federal Enforcement Regimes';, and the testimony given there by people who are well-versed in futures trading and market regulation. I have provided the link below.
If Congress took immediate action on the facts revealed by that testimony, we would see a price drop of at least $1/gallon by next month. Obviously there needs to be more self-sufficiency in oil production, but if speculative leeching is allowed to continue, the price of oil will remain artificially driven by entities who have no interest in, nor allegiance to, United States citizens, and who have literally nothing to do with the physical delivery of gasoline.
Energy Market Manipulation and Federal Enforcement Regimes hearing:
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.鈥?/a>
In particular examine the testimony of Greenberger, who served in high level capacity at the CFTC:
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/_files鈥?/a>
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EDIT: I'm betting that my ';thumbs down'; voters didn't even bother to go and read the hearing testimony. Tsk tsk. Well, good luck at the pump. Oh and give my regards to Morgan Stanley and Dubai. ;-)
Here's the question, and for all of you people that like to hit the ';report it'; button and claim anything you disagree with ';isn't a question but a rant';......this is CLEARLY a question.
What do you think oil prices will be like in 3 years from now, 10 years from now? $6 a gallon, $10 a gallon? When is the right time to start drilling?But if we start drilling now, we wont see a drop of oil for 10 years......right?
Even if it would take ten years, that's a lot sooner than the ';sit and stare at the oil'; approach.But if we start drilling now, we wont see a drop of oil for 10 years......right?
Not really a five star answer, but it is simple, clear, and to the point. Overall, a good choice with which I fully agree. Report Abuse
I think the main problem facing this country today is how short sighted we have become. That goes for oil and gas refineries, to terrorism. We need to be thinking about our children and our grandchildren a little more. No, we may not see an immediate change in prices, be it 2 years or 10 years, but we must reduce our foreign oil dependence. We've known it for years, but have not done what it takes. Maybe this is the time our country really starts to resolve our addiction.
Sorry, but America needs to have high oil prices to force it to change and become more efficient. Oil will become more and more scarce in the future and what's left will be very expensive to extract. Let's say we did drill our own oil and somehow (not likely) gas prices were reduced to $1.89 a gallon. What would be the response of the American people? Buy more giant SUVs!!! No, we need to learn to conserve oil NOW and have the incentive for private enterprise to come up with long term solutions.
Let's see... a projection of 10 years by ';treehuggers'; who don't want any drilling and never will, and a projection of 2 or 3 years by an overly optimistic oil industry PR machine which has been spoiling to get their hands on domestic oil resources in public lands for decades.
Whom to believe, whom to believe...?
We're SOOOOOO screwed.
So you think that a little incremental supply will have a major effect on oil prices which are set by the INTERNATIONAL demand and supply ???
This is extremely naive.
Unless you cut free trade with other countries, the impact on prices will be limited.
So what, at least it will be there for our future generation, you sound like Barry Soetoro, if we had done this 10 yrs ago we wouldn't be tied to all those damn forgein countries. We need true INDEPENDENCE.
What is your problem?
MCCAIN 4 PRESIDENT 2008!!!
Since no 1 seems to have a clue%26gt; Nobody moves nobody gets hurt%26gt;So do nothing nothing get's done %26gt; So lets drill and see just what does happen%26gt; At least we will see more fuel%26gt;
Isn't that the idea of drilling for oil??But that make to much since%26gt;
Actually it is completely true. It would take at least 10 years. Email a company like BP or Exxon. They will tell you this and all the reasons it takes that long. I didn't believe anyone either, so I went right to the source.
In 10 years China will own us and they will drill ANWR anyways, and in the gulf, and off of California, and anywhere else they find oil, because anyone that protests will be shot.
There is no oil shortage this is being driven by greed, period.
Greedy oil producers, greedy oil companies and greedy speculators.
Regardless, we won't see lower oil prices. The issue of oil prices has to be attacked directly and not deflected through chants of more drilling.
You'll never convert the enviros, and the Dems are on the take.
You and people like you just don't get it do you? It doesn't matter that you have gotten accustomed to your lifestyle, or for that matter me mine. Oil is a finite resource, and you and people like you think drilling more holes into the ground will solve our energy challenges, it won't. Oil is still eventually going to be gone. OPEC grabbed our balls and started squeezing in the early seventies, they gave us our warning decades ago. Did we listen? No, and here we are thirty five years later still talking about oil when we have had more than enough time to change our own energy policies and structures in this country. At four dollars and going for a gallon of gasoline I can't believe you still have faith in the oil experts. Wake up already.
Oil isn't the problem. There isn't a shortage of oil yet. The real reason of why the price of oil has gone up is based on monetary values.
Oil is traded in US dollars as the standard. So, when you fund a War that is costing 10 Billion a month in operations, have reduced taxes on the wealthiest, the only way to raise money is to 1) Float more bonds and T-Notes (which China buys up) 2) Just make more money at the Treasury. This causes the dollar to 'devalue' in monetary markets. Therefore the prices of all things valued by US greenbacks cost more.
Drilling for more oil won't change a damn thing. We have oil wells in Texas that have been capped because years ago they were deem not worth the costs.
Things cost more because our money has less value. Ron Paul was talking out his butt on returning to the Gold standard.
2-3 years is nonsense. Who are the ';actual'; people you are referring to? What right wing blowhard have you been listening to? The Alaska pipeline is nearly at capacity and there are already problem with sections of it. How would the oil get from Anwar to the ports? Do you think another pipeline can be built in 2-3 years? Aside from Anwar there are leases that the oil companies have that they have chosen not to explore, so your attempt to blame it all on Clinton fall flat.
I never hear the people who chant ';drill, drill, drill'; ever say a word about reducing consumption. That would have the most immediate impact on the price of crude as would forcing the oil speculators to actually take possession of the oil they buy. Right now they can buy and sell oil without ever having to touch it, damaging our economy in the process. There is virtually no control on the buying and selling of crude oil futures.
Drilling for more oil isn't necessarily going to ease the prices. What you're thinking is true that the oil will be refined and ready for use within 2-3 years (a decade at most). But here's the thing. Drilling for oil is an extremely expensive process. The oil companies just aren't willing to risk that much money on drilling just to reap a few cents. From a business point of view, it's crazy.
Let's say the oil companies DO drill. The costs of drilling (which are pretty high esp. if they have to drill deep) will reflect that at the pump. You don't expect the oil companies to just take the costs all in by themselves do you? Unless the government funds the drilling (with our money by the way), they'll just charge us a bit more at the pump to make up for the drilling costs.
Also, you're assuming that no other country will increase their consumption of oil. That's the only way prices will go down, if no other countries' demand for oil increases. But that won't happen either. China and India are demanding a ton right now and they're not going to stop anytime soon. Their economies are booming and it'll be a fairly safe assumption that they'll just demand more as time goes on. So even if we DO drill, increased demand will probably keep prices higher anyway.
What you say makes sense. But you're assuming too many things. First, you're assuming drill costs will be absorbed by the oil companies completely. Second, you're assuming demand will decrease or stay stagnant, which it won't.
The best alternative is to adapt to the higher gas prices and begin looking at alternative fuels. We're going to have to look for alternate fuels eventually anyway. Why not start now ahead of everyone else?
Even if we were to rush drilling operations with greater risk of environmental damage it would only reduce gas prices by a couple of pennies. There is no reason right now for prices to be so high anyway, it is artificial. Speculation on oil futures is driving the prices, not supply problems. In fact, there is greater supply than demand right now and the cost of producing oil has not risen, only the price and profits. Over a ten year time period it would make more sense to develop alternative energy sources which would reduce demand and directly drive down the price of oil and make America more secure in our energy resources. We don't need MORE oil DEPENDENCE, we need to be independent from oil.
This is a security issue as well as an economic issue. Oil funds terror.
What people have to understand is that there is no ';quick-fix'; solution. It will take time once we start drilling to see an effect on the price of a gallon of gasoline. However, it will take even more time if we rely purely on alternative sources of energy.
What we need to do is drill in the short term, as well as producing new refineries to get us off our dependence on foreign oil. In the long-term, however, let's research alternative energy sources, and not limit our horizons to sources like Solar energy. Let's open up research on others, like clean coal, wind, nuclear... and the list goes on.
When is the right time? The right time to drill and build is NOW!
When is the right time to research? The right time is NOW!
Exactly, oil prices will be astronomical if we can even still obtain the foreign oil! Clearly the Democrats made yet another horrible decision 10 years ago 1998, because guess what? We're there, we're ten years later and look at us. If it takes 2-3 years or 10 years we have to start.
And I agree that it's also a matter of national security. Do you realize when you fill up your tank at any number of gas stations you are sending money to countries who harbor terrorists who want to kill us???? Sunoco and BP currently do not rely on foreign oil, and that's where this girl buys her gas.
Liberals do not see into the the future with the same clarity that others do. They looked into the future and saw the elderly living comfortably on social security, they did not see what they should have known, SS going bankrupt. They look into the future today and see in ten years a wonderful new technology of green energy powering the nations cars and heating and cooling our homes and there no longer being a need for oil so why start drilling for it now when we won't need it then? And you know that Liberals have never been wrong!
Well, the US sits on about 3% of the world oil and at current rates consumes about 1/4 of the world oil. We are facing increasing competition from India and China. We are also looking at a commodities bubble. Beyond that, oil companies have access to 4/5 of land of offshore that is capable of being refined and 68 million lucrative untapped areas. There is a refinery on its way in SD as we speak while the older refinineries have increased production. Plus, we just put 4 big oil no bid contacts out on oil in Iraq. So, basically we've got a lot of control and a lot of oil, so if we continue consumption at this rate we're going to continue to see high gas prices no matter what.
Honestly, we're using way too much oil and I'm completely sure that next generations will have to find another source of power. For example, Electricity.
Cars and other vehicles that run on electricity won't be fast, at all, and today - speed is important because there are alot of races going on at all times throughout the entire world.
Hundreds, millions a day.
Whether it's a street race, or a proffessional race.
If we don't start saving oil, using less - there won't be any and our future generations will look down on us and hate us for what we are and what we've done. The only difference between this generation, and world war 2 will be the fact that alot more people died in world war 2 - but we're destroying our earth today aswel.
All this puts alot of trouble into next generations because of the damage we've caused to the atmosphere, and although Global Warming is mainly from changes in our sun - Our atmosphere is meant to prevent any extra heat from those changes and if we continue to destroy it, we'll be hated more by future generations even though we are humans and they will be humans.
There's alot of other things oil is used for, some type of oil for food - some for vehicles, other for machines and we're using alot. As we all may know, oil doesn't last forever and it certainly won't be around forever if we keep on using it as we are now. Gas prices are (ofcourse) going to increase due to the decrease of oil (ammount), they'll be making more money than ever but eventually it will all stop.
Those who save oil will be able to continue doing what they are doing, others will be left with barely any transportation or other machines. After some time, everything will run on electricity - and oil will be gone forever.
The oil companies will be drowning in money, as we'll be suffering from the disaster - many will lose their jobs due to loss of transportation, other's may even die.
Oil won't be around forever - that's for sure.
One thing missing from most of the debates I see about oil is the unprecedented effect of large scale speculation and price manipulation in unregulated markets, which amounts to at least 50% of the current NYMEX per barrel price of oil. One Exxon VP testified before the Senate that in his estimation the price of a barrel of oil would be around $55 if market manipulation were not taking place.
This is fact, and is now a part of the public record.
For accurate information and sound basis for discussion I suggest to anyone really interested, take a look at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing of June 3 2008, ';Energy Market Manipulation and Federal Enforcement Regimes';, and the testimony given there by people who are well-versed in futures trading and market regulation. I have provided the link below.
If Congress took immediate action on the facts revealed by that testimony, we would see a price drop of at least $1/gallon by next month. Obviously there needs to be more self-sufficiency in oil production, but if speculative leeching is allowed to continue, the price of oil will remain artificially driven by entities who have no interest in, nor allegiance to, United States citizens, and who have literally nothing to do with the physical delivery of gasoline.
Energy Market Manipulation and Federal Enforcement Regimes hearing:
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.鈥?/a>
In particular examine the testimony of Greenberger, who served in high level capacity at the CFTC:
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/_files鈥?/a>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EDIT: I'm betting that my ';thumbs down'; voters didn't even bother to go and read the hearing testimony. Tsk tsk. Well, good luck at the pump. Oh and give my regards to Morgan Stanley and Dubai. ;-)
How much you willing to pay for gas ? Before we drill our own dam oil.?
I was ready a few dollars ago. The Democrats have not intention of leting us drill oil. The would like to see $6 gas. They want you to quit driving your car and save the earth and destroy our industrial capitalist economy.How much you willing to pay for gas ? Before we drill our own dam oil.?
We do drill our own oil. Lots of it. But the price of gasoline will NEVER go back down to $2/gal. Never. No matter how many wells you sink, we will never again be able to pump oil faster than the demand increases. The most we could do is slow down the rate of price increase. We will not be able to stop or reverse it.
The only solution is to develop alternative energy sources. More oil will be nothing but a leaky bandage.How much you willing to pay for gas ? Before we drill our own dam oil.?
Electric cars and trucks are coming and when they do I will never buy gas again, I am already switching everything to electric so I have to just run one gas engine, my generator and hopefully it can be switched to ethanol before long. Also solar is in my plans and wind power too, I just hate the idea of my money going to the middle east and burning that dirty ole oil.
How about we stop paying now. And besides people get real. Alternative fuels, come-on. If that was really the issue we should have started on alternate sources 20 years ago. Although the plausable answer is alternative fuels then why the rush now and why are the Hybrid Vehiles so Damn expensive that we cant even afford them.
$10. At that price we can invest in longer term, more secure and environmentally friendly energy. At the current price it is already cost effective. We won't need to drill for a non renewable resource!
We have quite a few choices....]nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, thermal, etc!
I am about there. We could lower the price of gas if we drilled off our coast and ANWAR and if we started to really develop alternative energy sources.
We need alternative fueled vehicles, not more oil.
Oil is the past. The sooner the US gets off of oil, the better.
I guess I will have to pay whatever they ask for it. I don't know where to drill or I already would have. :)
3.75 then I am breaking out the bike, permanently!
We do drill our own oil. Lots of it. But the price of gasoline will NEVER go back down to $2/gal. Never. No matter how many wells you sink, we will never again be able to pump oil faster than the demand increases. The most we could do is slow down the rate of price increase. We will not be able to stop or reverse it.
The only solution is to develop alternative energy sources. More oil will be nothing but a leaky bandage.How much you willing to pay for gas ? Before we drill our own dam oil.?
Electric cars and trucks are coming and when they do I will never buy gas again, I am already switching everything to electric so I have to just run one gas engine, my generator and hopefully it can be switched to ethanol before long. Also solar is in my plans and wind power too, I just hate the idea of my money going to the middle east and burning that dirty ole oil.
How about we stop paying now. And besides people get real. Alternative fuels, come-on. If that was really the issue we should have started on alternate sources 20 years ago. Although the plausable answer is alternative fuels then why the rush now and why are the Hybrid Vehiles so Damn expensive that we cant even afford them.
$10. At that price we can invest in longer term, more secure and environmentally friendly energy. At the current price it is already cost effective. We won't need to drill for a non renewable resource!
We have quite a few choices....]nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, thermal, etc!
I am about there. We could lower the price of gas if we drilled off our coast and ANWAR and if we started to really develop alternative energy sources.
We need alternative fueled vehicles, not more oil.
Oil is the past. The sooner the US gets off of oil, the better.
I guess I will have to pay whatever they ask for it. I don't know where to drill or I already would have. :)
3.75 then I am breaking out the bike, permanently!
Should we drill for oil and use the trillions of dollars in oil money to pay for universal health care?
Unless We The People nationalize OUR natural resources, we would see little if any monetary benefit.
Conservation of fossil fuel useage and resources combined with accelerated development of renewable resources is the only logical answer.
edit;
Hey Suzy. Knock-knock. Cheney was full of feces, as usual, when he made the claim on national media that China is drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
He quietly issued a retraction of the claim the next day.Should we drill for oil and use the trillions of dollars in oil money to pay for universal health care?
We should drill for oil....instead of the Chinese drilling in the gulf of Mexico....we should do alot of things we dont and i blame alot of it on the environmentalist....they have gone way overboard....as for the money...there is plenty of use for it...Should we drill for oil and use the trillions of dollars in oil money to pay for universal health care?
you are mixing one good idea with one bad one. the idea of one party with the idea of another. Drilling for oil is a good idea to lower oil prices, universal health care is bad causing long waits and bad service.
Why wouldn't we? We now have the technology to drill for oil very safely as opposed to Exxon Valdeez in the 80's. Thanks to all of you tree huggers with you heads up your own ***, we are in this mess. If we had taken action much sooner than now, we would not be in this position. Thanks to you, our country is in the most vulnerable position in its history. Please wake up and get a clue. Oh yeah, and elect some *** clown (Obama) to put us six feet under permanently. The Presidency is not an internship!!!!!!
It would be a good thing rather than sending 70 TRILLION dollars a year to our enemies just because some one does like to look at an oil rig. NO MAJOR OIL SPILLS YET EVEN DURING THE HURRICANE so dn't bother to post such an excuse
no we should drill and use the money to pay off the national debt and be able to lower taxes
The trillions should be used to fund the war against terror and to expand it to other places. The government should not be responsible for your health care. There is enough options out there for the average person to purchase it.
Drill our own oil? Yes. Have universal health care? No.
yes to the former %26amp; No to the latter!
The only people who would benefit from universal health care are poor blacks and Hispanics. It would be at the expense of typical Americans.
That oil could be used for better purposes, such as being used to construct a giant wall across the US-Mexican border. Or it could be used to support mass deportation of illegal Mexcicans. Or it could be used to construct more prisons so that so many psycopathic criminals wouldn't be on parole, causing fear and crime when they should be in prison.
I wish the oil companies would drill on the leases they already own.....
Oh, and show me a universal system like Germany has where there is the ';planned'; system and ';private'; system, that way everyone is covered and those who want private care can still have it.
Yes. Let's have a health care system just like Canada's, Cuba's, and Europe's.
Oh...wait...they're all failing and falling apart. Nevermind, let's stay privatized.
Research universal health care before you ask another question like this.
no we should tax the living hell out of rich people!!
Conservation of fossil fuel useage and resources combined with accelerated development of renewable resources is the only logical answer.
edit;
Hey Suzy. Knock-knock. Cheney was full of feces, as usual, when he made the claim on national media that China is drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
He quietly issued a retraction of the claim the next day.Should we drill for oil and use the trillions of dollars in oil money to pay for universal health care?
We should drill for oil....instead of the Chinese drilling in the gulf of Mexico....we should do alot of things we dont and i blame alot of it on the environmentalist....they have gone way overboard....as for the money...there is plenty of use for it...Should we drill for oil and use the trillions of dollars in oil money to pay for universal health care?
you are mixing one good idea with one bad one. the idea of one party with the idea of another. Drilling for oil is a good idea to lower oil prices, universal health care is bad causing long waits and bad service.
Why wouldn't we? We now have the technology to drill for oil very safely as opposed to Exxon Valdeez in the 80's. Thanks to all of you tree huggers with you heads up your own ***, we are in this mess. If we had taken action much sooner than now, we would not be in this position. Thanks to you, our country is in the most vulnerable position in its history. Please wake up and get a clue. Oh yeah, and elect some *** clown (Obama) to put us six feet under permanently. The Presidency is not an internship!!!!!!
It would be a good thing rather than sending 70 TRILLION dollars a year to our enemies just because some one does like to look at an oil rig. NO MAJOR OIL SPILLS YET EVEN DURING THE HURRICANE so dn't bother to post such an excuse
no we should drill and use the money to pay off the national debt and be able to lower taxes
The trillions should be used to fund the war against terror and to expand it to other places. The government should not be responsible for your health care. There is enough options out there for the average person to purchase it.
Drill our own oil? Yes. Have universal health care? No.
yes to the former %26amp; No to the latter!
The only people who would benefit from universal health care are poor blacks and Hispanics. It would be at the expense of typical Americans.
That oil could be used for better purposes, such as being used to construct a giant wall across the US-Mexican border. Or it could be used to support mass deportation of illegal Mexcicans. Or it could be used to construct more prisons so that so many psycopathic criminals wouldn't be on parole, causing fear and crime when they should be in prison.
I wish the oil companies would drill on the leases they already own.....
Oh, and show me a universal system like Germany has where there is the ';planned'; system and ';private'; system, that way everyone is covered and those who want private care can still have it.
Yes. Let's have a health care system just like Canada's, Cuba's, and Europe's.
Oh...wait...they're all failing and falling apart. Nevermind, let's stay privatized.
Research universal health care before you ask another question like this.
no we should tax the living hell out of rich people!!
How come every enrgy problem can only be solved with more drilling? Why can't we get off oil once and for all?
That's the conservative thing to do.
Conserve our money being sent overseas as trade imbalance.
Conserve our air and water from pollution
Conserve our manufacturing base by increasing alternative energy production like solar cells and composite hybrid cars that already do get 300 mpg.
I'm a fiscal and manufacturing conservative an dI say we ignore the political conservatives who really are just fascists overthrowing democracy who only call themselves conservatives when they know they are not conservative at all.How come every enrgy problem can only be solved with more drilling? Why can't we get off oil once and for all?
YAY! 8 out of 10 cats.
';I don't see what the big deal is, we're running out of oil but we've got loads of petrol!';
:)How come every enrgy problem can only be solved with more drilling? Why can't we get off oil once and for all?
Becasue too many companies have investments in the product... You'd also be suprised at just how many products use some form of a petroleum base - like spandex for example.
It would be nice to use other energy means %26amp; reduce our dependency on imported oil %26amp; its environmental effects, however, as long as there is a consistent consumer demand on it, I don't see it happening anytime soon. The electric, hydro, solar, wind powered ideas are on a rise, but slowly.
i agree to an extent. i mean it's not as easy as all that. but we seriously need to bring electric cars back!!! i do not think that solar or wind powered cars are very realistic at all. (ahem the solar one would stop every time you passed under a tree.) i mean, also, ppl should consider the ';chop-a-tree, plant-a-tree'; method. that is my opinion.
I agree.
I have to say this however. I love it when Republicans defend Big Oil, tax cuts for the rich, and the Iraq war. They really need to do it more often. In fact, if I was them, those are the only three issues I would ever talk about.
Their political tone deafness is truly deafening. I love it.
the market can't fix it, yet.
the technology is not there-practically speaking.
in the mean time, we HAVE oil.
without more refining capacity, drilling is worthless.
**if the market doesn't fix it, there won't be any market.**
Do you have a cheap and ready to be used in the cars today?
If we switch all of a sudden, traffic would be ridiculously low
People would lose their job....
People would lose their companies...
If you wish to change, start with yourself.
We play the major game, middle-east doesn't. Our oil industry and the investors play the game of prices.
If one can predict, this may be artificial game to own the oil fields in our back-yard- ownership and capitalism.
But still ,it may not effect the prices.
Because the big oil companies do not want to lose their customers to new technology.
Look up Dr. Alex Farrell of UC Berkeley. He passed away recently---
http://www.its.berkeley.edu/sustainabili…
come on have you seen the 2010
new car line up !
dang ! this is America ! we drive everywhere,
anytime,everything, anywhere....
remember 911, and all the troops that died
for our gas... you willing to give that up?
Why don't we just do both drill and look for alternative energy's there problem solved.
1. this is an electric car we use oil coal to produce electricity same problem
2 how much does this car cost
3 this will raise our electricity prices.
When we get our Constitutional Republic back we can solve the problems but right now Lobbyists and Corporations trump any rational domestic or foreign policy concerns.
lordkelvin: Loved how you Capitalized ';REAL';. LOL!!!!! I must say you ';INCORPORATED'; some emphasis behind that. I wonder though how many even understood the point you just made.
Cus we can't WASTE oil like that.
NO.... not in the *REAL* world....
I agree, we need a good viable alternative. And in the meantime we need our oil..not fair to make us do without while it's being developed.
Our economy is based on oil. The recent spike has been a wakeup call to the many SUV driving soccer mom morons that have been spearheading this disaster for years. Why these silly housewives (who usually vote Democrat) insist on schlepping kids around in a half ton commercial grade vehicles, when a compact would do, is beyond me. I can’t tell you how many SUV’s I see sporting Gore, Obama, and Clinton bumper stickers – unbelievable.
Anyway, the transition must be gradual. Right now gas spiraling out of control, there will be a breaking point, and that breaking point may finish this country’s economy.
I’m all for alternative energy, but flat out refusing to drill is a lot like jumping out of an airplane, tossing your parachute, and saying “don’t worry, we’ll come up with an alternative before we hit the ground !”
No, we many not – pull the cord NOW or this economy is finished !
A vote for the Democrat Obama, is a vote for depression.
There are issues with that “300 MPG” car. First, it likely would NOT pass Federal crash safety tests. The federal government (mostly led by Nader type Democrats) insist cars be driven into cement walls with no injury – FAIL
Also the batteries are short lived, and not recyclable, and filled with lead and all sorts of other crud that must be placed into our landfills, making the car not that environmentally friendly after all.
These problems aren’t as simple to solve as you suggest
There are no composite hybrid cars that get 300 MPG. That is a fact. Something experiential does not qualify as practical or viable.
There is currently no practical alternative that can be used in the immediate term.
This question is, for the most part, full of false assumptions and devoid of facts.
Edit: Note in my answer I stated practical or viable. That is an electric car (actually, trike) that gets the equivalent of 300 miles to the gallon. It is severely range restricted, good only for short trips. In stop and go traffic ( the type found in many metropolitan areas) the range of those vehicles is severely diminished.
It has a long way to go in order to achieve safety standards in a crash test.
I stand by my observation that this question is devoid of facts and based on experiential ideas that are still somewhat in the distant future. If it was as easy as you make out, the remaining 3 automobile manufacturers in the United States would be jumping on this technology instead of facing impending bankruptcy.
The contention by your left leaning buddies that Republicans are against this technology for some nefarious reason is absurd.
We can and will stop using oil, when new technology allows us to. The truth is, solar, wind, ethanol, and hydroelectric power are all great ideas, but haven't been developed to the point where they can replace oil as a fuel for our transportation and electric power. They can supplement it to be sure, but oil is still the least expensive and most abundant fuel.
Now nuclear power is another story. This is a clean, efficient, inexpensive way of generating electricity, but political pressure and the resulting regulations have severely restricted plant construction, research, and development. Europe is ahead of us in nuclear power generation, and maybe the price of oil will be the catalyst to get the US to decide and catch up.
Yep, it's a very good question. The answer is: we can, but only if the government and industry takes these threats seriously. The Republicans won't, because their money comes largely from oil in the first place.
That is what Exxon apologists want you to believe. In reality the only solution to our current condition is to increase the value of the dollar to its pre-2001 value.
Because only by continuing to enrich the oil companies can we
prove our loyalty to the oil companies.
Oil uber alles!!!!!!
Conserve our money being sent overseas as trade imbalance.
Conserve our air and water from pollution
Conserve our manufacturing base by increasing alternative energy production like solar cells and composite hybrid cars that already do get 300 mpg.
I'm a fiscal and manufacturing conservative an dI say we ignore the political conservatives who really are just fascists overthrowing democracy who only call themselves conservatives when they know they are not conservative at all.How come every enrgy problem can only be solved with more drilling? Why can't we get off oil once and for all?
YAY! 8 out of 10 cats.
';I don't see what the big deal is, we're running out of oil but we've got loads of petrol!';
:)How come every enrgy problem can only be solved with more drilling? Why can't we get off oil once and for all?
Becasue too many companies have investments in the product... You'd also be suprised at just how many products use some form of a petroleum base - like spandex for example.
It would be nice to use other energy means %26amp; reduce our dependency on imported oil %26amp; its environmental effects, however, as long as there is a consistent consumer demand on it, I don't see it happening anytime soon. The electric, hydro, solar, wind powered ideas are on a rise, but slowly.
i agree to an extent. i mean it's not as easy as all that. but we seriously need to bring electric cars back!!! i do not think that solar or wind powered cars are very realistic at all. (ahem the solar one would stop every time you passed under a tree.) i mean, also, ppl should consider the ';chop-a-tree, plant-a-tree'; method. that is my opinion.
I agree.
I have to say this however. I love it when Republicans defend Big Oil, tax cuts for the rich, and the Iraq war. They really need to do it more often. In fact, if I was them, those are the only three issues I would ever talk about.
Their political tone deafness is truly deafening. I love it.
the market can't fix it, yet.
the technology is not there-practically speaking.
in the mean time, we HAVE oil.
without more refining capacity, drilling is worthless.
**if the market doesn't fix it, there won't be any market.**
Do you have a cheap and ready to be used in the cars today?
If we switch all of a sudden, traffic would be ridiculously low
People would lose their job....
People would lose their companies...
If you wish to change, start with yourself.
We play the major game, middle-east doesn't. Our oil industry and the investors play the game of prices.
If one can predict, this may be artificial game to own the oil fields in our back-yard- ownership and capitalism.
But still ,it may not effect the prices.
Because the big oil companies do not want to lose their customers to new technology.
Look up Dr. Alex Farrell of UC Berkeley. He passed away recently---
http://www.its.berkeley.edu/sustainabili…
come on have you seen the 2010
new car line up !
dang ! this is America ! we drive everywhere,
anytime,everything, anywhere....
remember 911, and all the troops that died
for our gas... you willing to give that up?
Why don't we just do both drill and look for alternative energy's there problem solved.
1. this is an electric car we use oil coal to produce electricity same problem
2 how much does this car cost
3 this will raise our electricity prices.
When we get our Constitutional Republic back we can solve the problems but right now Lobbyists and Corporations trump any rational domestic or foreign policy concerns.
lordkelvin: Loved how you Capitalized ';REAL';. LOL!!!!! I must say you ';INCORPORATED'; some emphasis behind that. I wonder though how many even understood the point you just made.
Cus we can't WASTE oil like that.
NO.... not in the *REAL* world....
I agree, we need a good viable alternative. And in the meantime we need our oil..not fair to make us do without while it's being developed.
Our economy is based on oil. The recent spike has been a wakeup call to the many SUV driving soccer mom morons that have been spearheading this disaster for years. Why these silly housewives (who usually vote Democrat) insist on schlepping kids around in a half ton commercial grade vehicles, when a compact would do, is beyond me. I can’t tell you how many SUV’s I see sporting Gore, Obama, and Clinton bumper stickers – unbelievable.
Anyway, the transition must be gradual. Right now gas spiraling out of control, there will be a breaking point, and that breaking point may finish this country’s economy.
I’m all for alternative energy, but flat out refusing to drill is a lot like jumping out of an airplane, tossing your parachute, and saying “don’t worry, we’ll come up with an alternative before we hit the ground !”
No, we many not – pull the cord NOW or this economy is finished !
A vote for the Democrat Obama, is a vote for depression.
There are issues with that “300 MPG” car. First, it likely would NOT pass Federal crash safety tests. The federal government (mostly led by Nader type Democrats) insist cars be driven into cement walls with no injury – FAIL
Also the batteries are short lived, and not recyclable, and filled with lead and all sorts of other crud that must be placed into our landfills, making the car not that environmentally friendly after all.
These problems aren’t as simple to solve as you suggest
There are no composite hybrid cars that get 300 MPG. That is a fact. Something experiential does not qualify as practical or viable.
There is currently no practical alternative that can be used in the immediate term.
This question is, for the most part, full of false assumptions and devoid of facts.
Edit: Note in my answer I stated practical or viable. That is an electric car (actually, trike) that gets the equivalent of 300 miles to the gallon. It is severely range restricted, good only for short trips. In stop and go traffic ( the type found in many metropolitan areas) the range of those vehicles is severely diminished.
It has a long way to go in order to achieve safety standards in a crash test.
I stand by my observation that this question is devoid of facts and based on experiential ideas that are still somewhat in the distant future. If it was as easy as you make out, the remaining 3 automobile manufacturers in the United States would be jumping on this technology instead of facing impending bankruptcy.
The contention by your left leaning buddies that Republicans are against this technology for some nefarious reason is absurd.
We can and will stop using oil, when new technology allows us to. The truth is, solar, wind, ethanol, and hydroelectric power are all great ideas, but haven't been developed to the point where they can replace oil as a fuel for our transportation and electric power. They can supplement it to be sure, but oil is still the least expensive and most abundant fuel.
Now nuclear power is another story. This is a clean, efficient, inexpensive way of generating electricity, but political pressure and the resulting regulations have severely restricted plant construction, research, and development. Europe is ahead of us in nuclear power generation, and maybe the price of oil will be the catalyst to get the US to decide and catch up.
Yep, it's a very good question. The answer is: we can, but only if the government and industry takes these threats seriously. The Republicans won't, because their money comes largely from oil in the first place.
That is what Exxon apologists want you to believe. In reality the only solution to our current condition is to increase the value of the dollar to its pre-2001 value.
Because only by continuing to enrich the oil companies can we
prove our loyalty to the oil companies.
Oil uber alles!!!!!!
Do you think oil should be drilled for in Alaska?
Why? To reduce the price of oil and provide greater independence for the US from foreign oil sources.
There is a problem with that. The amount of oil available is relatively inconsequential compared with known fields throughout the world so would likely not affect prices (oil is a global commodity). Also, if we started exploring today in every possible US place (Alaska, off the Florida and California coasts, Yellowstone(!)) it would be about 20 years before any of that oil reached a gas pump. What will the global economy look like then? I have no idea but I don't think it's worth destroying the remains of Alaska and the oceans for a short-term solution to a very long-term problem.
Our salvation from high oil prices and dependence on foreign sources is to stop using the stuff. There is no other way.Do you think oil should be drilled for in Alaska?
Oil is already drilled in AK, but I assume you mean in ANWR. Right now they are already drilling on the outer edges of that area, but cannot drill in the refuge.
I know that people think the wildlife are seriously affected by drilling operations, but I think it's funny in winter when you fly over the pipeline and see caribou around it for warmth!
I think that the people that live in Alaska should vote on this subject rather than people down in the states that have never traveled to Alaska or experienced Alaska wilderness. Alaska is not like any other state in the US, so people in the continental US have no concept of the effects of drilling.
I am always surprised over the protest over the drilling in AK because almost all of the people wanting to save the animals are not even Alaska residents! Bears aren't cute and cuddley when they maul your neighbor on their morning jog, the caribou don't seem very rare when you see herds of them every week next to the highway, and bald eagles don't seem so elegant when their hangout is the local dump to eat trash.Do you think oil should be drilled for in Alaska?
I live in Alaska.
The ANWR drilling area in question is small - if ANWR were a regulation foot ball field - the drill area would be smaller than a postage stamp.
The pipeline is almost finished upgrades than will let it move almost 5 million barrels a day.......... right now it only send 340,000 barrels a day thanks to the Democrats. Consider that an off shore drilling rig only provides 3,000 barrels a day. With a little more drilling in Alaska the pipeline can send the equilivent of over 1300 off shore drilling platform outputs to the USA. And it would not take ten years like the Demorcatic politicians are claiming.
Our choice is to send big $$ to our enemies in the Middle East - or - use our own oil and tell them where to go.
Not a hard choice to make people.
Hope this helps
i think the environmental risks outweigh the benefits of oil....
in all seriousness....look at our society now...4$ a gallon and finally attention is being paid to new technologies and new practices that will help us curb our addiction to oil....so if we drill in Alaska and get 20 years of ';cheap'; oil then when that runs out we will be back here in a worse situation because the rest of the world would have flew right by us...we are all ready loosing ground to the nations like brazil and some european ones that have leap frogged us so we might as well try and kick the oil habit now and follow like hte rest of the world is...
yes it may help now but in the long run it could very well doom us....on top of the environmental risks associated with it
You must be a North American, that is the reason why Alaska---polution or get rich? Say where you from, and who is asking. e.g. (MY)
OLD/M from S'pore Now at 2215 on 10/07/08(Thurs)
Yours is Wed?
Now everyone is looking for OIL Deposit Area to drill. Middle East will end in a 50-100 years timing and Brunei %26amp; Indonesia around 50-70 years.
Alaska is America and America needs OIL now, so drill and leave Iran %26amp; Iraq alone.
Another top deposit area is the South China Sea region close to Taiwan, near China %26amp; Japan. It is estimated the oil there in the sea will last 600 years. So the 3 countries are all eyeing for it and recently China %26amp; Japan just signed to do join exploration. Now is what will happen to Taiwan? Is there a share for them.
Why make OIL so valuable and not WATER? Without either one around, Who die first? Think hard --- can oil be water and water be oil, one day. .
We have been drilling and pumping oil up here in Alaska since 1977. The wildlife are just fine with the pipeline. We simply don't have enough oil to satisfy all the needs and wants of the entire USA. Gas today in Palmer was $4.46 and diesel was $5.46.
Yes but just to a certain extentmakeup ideas
There is a problem with that. The amount of oil available is relatively inconsequential compared with known fields throughout the world so would likely not affect prices (oil is a global commodity). Also, if we started exploring today in every possible US place (Alaska, off the Florida and California coasts, Yellowstone(!)) it would be about 20 years before any of that oil reached a gas pump. What will the global economy look like then? I have no idea but I don't think it's worth destroying the remains of Alaska and the oceans for a short-term solution to a very long-term problem.
Our salvation from high oil prices and dependence on foreign sources is to stop using the stuff. There is no other way.Do you think oil should be drilled for in Alaska?
Oil is already drilled in AK, but I assume you mean in ANWR. Right now they are already drilling on the outer edges of that area, but cannot drill in the refuge.
I know that people think the wildlife are seriously affected by drilling operations, but I think it's funny in winter when you fly over the pipeline and see caribou around it for warmth!
I think that the people that live in Alaska should vote on this subject rather than people down in the states that have never traveled to Alaska or experienced Alaska wilderness. Alaska is not like any other state in the US, so people in the continental US have no concept of the effects of drilling.
I am always surprised over the protest over the drilling in AK because almost all of the people wanting to save the animals are not even Alaska residents! Bears aren't cute and cuddley when they maul your neighbor on their morning jog, the caribou don't seem very rare when you see herds of them every week next to the highway, and bald eagles don't seem so elegant when their hangout is the local dump to eat trash.Do you think oil should be drilled for in Alaska?
I live in Alaska.
The ANWR drilling area in question is small - if ANWR were a regulation foot ball field - the drill area would be smaller than a postage stamp.
The pipeline is almost finished upgrades than will let it move almost 5 million barrels a day.......... right now it only send 340,000 barrels a day thanks to the Democrats. Consider that an off shore drilling rig only provides 3,000 barrels a day. With a little more drilling in Alaska the pipeline can send the equilivent of over 1300 off shore drilling platform outputs to the USA. And it would not take ten years like the Demorcatic politicians are claiming.
Our choice is to send big $$ to our enemies in the Middle East - or - use our own oil and tell them where to go.
Not a hard choice to make people.
Hope this helps
i think the environmental risks outweigh the benefits of oil....
in all seriousness....look at our society now...4$ a gallon and finally attention is being paid to new technologies and new practices that will help us curb our addiction to oil....so if we drill in Alaska and get 20 years of ';cheap'; oil then when that runs out we will be back here in a worse situation because the rest of the world would have flew right by us...we are all ready loosing ground to the nations like brazil and some european ones that have leap frogged us so we might as well try and kick the oil habit now and follow like hte rest of the world is...
yes it may help now but in the long run it could very well doom us....on top of the environmental risks associated with it
You must be a North American, that is the reason why Alaska---polution or get rich? Say where you from, and who is asking. e.g. (MY)
OLD/M from S'pore Now at 2215 on 10/07/08(Thurs)
Yours is Wed?
Now everyone is looking for OIL Deposit Area to drill. Middle East will end in a 50-100 years timing and Brunei %26amp; Indonesia around 50-70 years.
Alaska is America and America needs OIL now, so drill and leave Iran %26amp; Iraq alone.
Another top deposit area is the South China Sea region close to Taiwan, near China %26amp; Japan. It is estimated the oil there in the sea will last 600 years. So the 3 countries are all eyeing for it and recently China %26amp; Japan just signed to do join exploration. Now is what will happen to Taiwan? Is there a share for them.
Why make OIL so valuable and not WATER? Without either one around, Who die first? Think hard --- can oil be water and water be oil, one day. .
We have been drilling and pumping oil up here in Alaska since 1977. The wildlife are just fine with the pipeline. We simply don't have enough oil to satisfy all the needs and wants of the entire USA. Gas today in Palmer was $4.46 and diesel was $5.46.
Yes but just to a certain extent
If half of all revenues from oil drilled within the US/offshore went to alternative energy plans, ......
would Democrats change their viewpoints on drilling?If half of all revenues from oil drilled within the US/offshore went to alternative energy plans, ......
Not unless the enviromental wackos told them it was okay. But how do you make a private compny spend their money that way?
Not unless the enviromental wackos told them it was okay. But how do you make a private compny spend their money that way?
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